Hip Hip Hoorah......It's V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N Time On Thursday afternoon, I got off work and was heading home, 94 was was backed up, so I got off the highway so I could go through downtown St Paul. Silly me......It was the first day of Taste of Minnesota. As I made my way through downtown, I as on the corner of Kellogg & Robert Street preparing to make a right turn. The car in front of me had stopped and make sure he could turn and I did the same. As the car in front of me proceeded I followed behind him. All of a sudden, he decided to stop in the middle of his turn for no apparent reason. Needless to say, I rear end him. He gets out of his car looks at his bumper, looks at my bumper and then comes to my window. He suggests everything is fine. I say lets get out of the way and go down the street to park in a parking lot. As we do so, the man takes off. I go to the parking lot and called the police to make sure there is record of me stopping because it was my fault. The police said that the dude most likely had no insurance, was an illegal alien or an outstanding warrant. So I finally get my butt home and I get a call from Joel stating his car broke down on 35E. Lovely....... so Big Joe has to tow him in rush hour traffic. We get the Aveo home and finish packing up the car. We finally got out of town at 7:30p.m. As we head out, we were thinking that everything happens in 3's........so maybe we outta stay home & go up in the morning! On friday we worked in the garage some more. Joel set up his work bench and cabinet. He still has to bring his toolbox on wheels up, bu the has decided to keep that a the SSP home for the time being. Nothing to exciting for the rest of the day.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!
We started the morning by cementing the new mailbox post in, so that it could set. Got on the boat and headed to the island. By the time we got there, nobody was around. So we decided to head over to Pam & Steve's house to see if everybody was there. Sure as shit......that is where everybody was. Had a cocktail or 2 or 3........then headed to watch the fireworks in the middle of lake. When everybody got there......we had 7 boats hooked up together. After Chetek's fireworks display, we all headed over to Tim & Sue's house for their annual fireworks display. Their display is better than the Chetek's but maybe it's because it's like having our own private showing.
Sunday we just spent hanging out and doing odds & ends project around the house. Sunday afternoon Pam & Steve came over via their boat and we decided to go out for a cruise. The whole weekend was crazy on the lakes with all the tourists, weekender and regulars on the lakes. We hooked the 2 boats togther and just enjoyed the peace & quiet on the lake. Went to Gilligan's and ordered a couple of pizza's to go to eat in the middle of the lake. Now this is the life!
Monday morning started off very busy.......it's the day we are getting our well drilled. The drilling rig showed up at 8:00 am. The driller decided he would rather drill the well down next the pop up camper instead of the top of the hill......great for us because it saved us a shit load of money!!!
Drilling rig getting into position
Drilling rig with the boom up
The guys had to do a little tree trimming
The hose of the drilling rig looks like a ........!
After 3 hours and 39 feet, we have a well with clear, clean and refreshing water! hip hip hurray!
The back hoe will be here hopefully on Wednesday to connect the house to the well.
While the well was being drilled, we had our first heating & cooling contractor come to the house to give us a bid for a heat source. He will be back tomorrow at 10:00 am with his prepared numbers. I'm afraid of what those numbers are going to be.
Monday evening Joel & I took Pam & Steve out for all you can eat crab legs at Gilligan's to re-pay Steve for a fraction of what did did for us to get the shower house ready for Memorial weekend Bash and all the continuing stuff he helps Joel with. After dinner, we went to a relaxing boat ride into the sunset. It was absolutely beautiful end to a wonderful evening.......until we got back home and Joel & Steve decided to throw shoes in the dark. After getting eaten alive by mosquito's, we called it quits for the evening.
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Joel, Amy & Finn
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