Another Entry for Friday June 19 2009

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HAPPY SOLSTICE

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Caitlin Sits. She's actually deciding whether

she needs to run and hide from me or not.

Betty and Nancy - Blowing up the air mattress.
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The next few days blogging are going to be problematic, trying to remember the order things happened, or even all that has gone on; that's what happens when I don't write the same day. I forget. So I'm just going to post some of the pictures I did get with a caption and that's going to have to do. Go back down to Thursday to see photos that have just been added.

Nancy's train trip and connections all went fine. Betty met her at the Amtrak station in Provo just like clockwork, and they drove up Friday morning from there. They got here just about noon.

They tried to call me from Big Piney but the phone was out - found that out last Tuesday when I came in and reported it then but I needed to be home for them to come in and fix it. So lucky for having the cell phone. Also the internet would not connect, which is the main reason why blogging wasn't possible for about four days. The TV isn't working either, but we're not missing that much. The thunderstorms must have knocked out all of them. Did get the phone back on Friday.

We got them moved into their rooms, and an air mattress blown up which Nancy will use for an extra bed in the studio room. That was cause for a lot of giggling at our old lady selves trying to get the thing pumped up. It seems to be working out o.k. Betty brought her kitty Caitlin, who has been sick. She is also very shy. Goldie, her other cat, and Cody the dog are boarded at the vet. She was keeping in touch with another vet about Caitlin while she was here, and so far Caitlin is doing very well, considering she hasn't ever traveled, or even been outside Betty's house. Her serious symptoms are improved for now.

We ate some lunch and in the afternoon drove up to the Fremont Lake dam and spillway, and the CCC Ponds in the afternoon. I forgot my camera for that and was sorry not to get a few pictures. It was both beautiful and the spillway was pretty awesome for the amount of water coming out of the lake since all the rain we've been having and spring runoff as well. The sun was shining and we had a warm afternoon. One of the ditch riders was there turning some water back on into one of the irrigation canals. He said they had a blowout somewhere downstream - which I took to mean the canal bank had washed out, and that they had gotten it repaired.

Preparing our meals has been interesting and a challenge, because Betty has gluten intolerance and is sensitive to MSG and other seasonings or preservatives, so we're all investigating how we can make meals free of those things and still have a tasty variety for everyone. Almost all prepared food is out, as there's hardly anything in a can or mix that doesn't have one or the other or all. Betty always brings along her own sprouted grain bread. Also we went down to the organic food store and found a great selection of many many items that were fine. I was surprised at what they have in there for our small town. For dinner tonight we had pan grilled salmon, brown rice and asparagus. I brought in some of the rolls I made Thursday and Nancy and I have enjoyed those.

Joe and the dogs seem to be doing o.k. at the ranch. He is doing a lot of pumping water out of the basement and the hole where the pressure tanks and well access is. Told us he is getting up three times in the night to turn the pump on. I ordered him another pump before I left and it should be coming soon.

We've had a good first day here, and really having a good time visiting, catching up, and doing a lot of laughing. Have I mentioned lately that we all went to high school together.