We’re home.
Shortly after coffee, but before breakfast, Karl decided it was time to go “home”.
Bob did too.
I was ready also – relaxed and refreshed…incredible what a mere 24 hour change in routine and view can do.
We’re home.
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RV morning
Through the window and past the lilac bush the sun comes up over the mountains and through the woods.
The beardog enjoys the morning – off leash…the rules here are wonderfully lenient!
And camp coffee, always the best!
RV morning.
Summers’ RV Park
The short story is that I had intended to leave early this morning for Costco/grocery …then decided I’d take the motorhome as it needs a run and would be cooler for Karl as I can run A/C off the generator when it is parked (plenty of space to park it where I shop). THEN decided that as long as I was doing that, why not take a run around the lake and maybe stay somewhere overnight if I found a spot I liked…and THEN decided why go to Kalispell, will just head around the lake – there is a Safeway I like in Polson (south end of the lake) so can get everything I want there… which I did but ended up coming home as it is hazy and sultry so wasn’t really looking like being outside would be nice and the place I had in mind didn’t have a great spot.
The spot I tentatively planned to stay overnight was just north of Polson on Highway 93. But when I decided that I would rather just go home, I about-faced which took me back across the river and through Polson…
Across the bridge.
Through Polson.
The Safeway.
Along the south east edge of the lake on MT 35…preparing to turn north towards Bigfork.
A quick stop at Bowman Cherry Orchards for some Rainier cherries…
…and some Flathead Cherry Wine! I bought a pound of Rainier cherries and a bottle of cherry wine. This particular bottle is a blend of pie (tart!) and sweet cherries – labeled a medium dry by Bowman.
So, currently, Bob, Karl and I are set up in the motorhome at home…central air and what we needed was here and it just shakes up the routine a bit, even if the house is just on the other side of the garage. It is thundering and dark and the A/C covers the noise. I get 1 tv channel and have Antiques Roadshow on which I never saw and am partly fascinated and partly just liking the human voices while I do the post and think what I want for my supper. Neither Bob nor Karl wanted out when we arrived at Summers’ RV Park.
Freaky Friday
Friday morning dawned clear and cool.
Not a cloud in the sky.
But just after the Friday meeting started…my weekly VERY IMPORTANT Client meeting…the power went out.
I work on a laptop with a full battery so my computer was fine. But my primary internet connection is via the phone company with a modem and router that require electricity. And this morning, I was running the meeting as the rest of the team had other obligations.
Poof – dead air.
But, I have a Verizon Air card and I have 3G service at the house…so it was a momentary blip, but still…
Nearly 4 years in this house through blizzards and thunderstorms and wind storms and nothing more than blinking lights on the odd occasion.
A little freaky.
The power was out an hour – very quiet. It came on shortly after the meeting ended but before I called the electric co-op and it was lunchtime.
I decided to take a relaxed lunch break outside.
So did Karl.
Guess he felt a bit freaky as well.
Freaky Friday.
Echo Lake in the morning
Echo Lake…due east of home, along a dirt and gravel road over the foothills. On a weekday morning, there is minimal activity on the water – a few fisherman, a few waterskiers.
We access this piece of lakeshore from a public fishing access site. There is a nice trail around an inlet that provides plenty in the way of things to explore for Karl and beautiful vistas for me. We have a long amble as it is cool now, but getting warm on its way to hot.
Echo Lake in the morning.
Busy Morning
It’s happening…Summer! Despite a cool weekend with some good soaking rain showers, just a couple of warm, dry days and things are looking like they need a drink.
In preparation for a day forecast to hit 86F, I got some water going.
I’d like to keep some green and it works best to stay a bit ahead of the drying out.
Karl and I jointly supervised the watering…
Breakfast and then a jaunt over the back of foothills, (avoiding the chip sealing operations going on to our west) for a walk by Echo Lake before the sun gets too high….busy morning.