While Ariel was here, two weeks ago, we took
the Van to Gateway Park. The United Way was
hosting a picnic there for the Mountain
Community. Ariel was delighted. She loves
to drive the go-carts.
The first thing we did after we were given our
ride tickets was to head for the go-carts. Ariel,
as it turns out is a really good go-cart driver.
She whizzed around the course as fast as her
little cart would go. She reported later that
some of the carts didn't go very fast, but she
had figured out pretty quickly which ones did.
After her ride, we went to the tent set up for
our picnic and had lunch. Brots, hots and hamburgers
and all the fixin's were on the menu. Ariel
didn't find anything she wanted to eat. Fortunately,
Janet Bell, James and Kailash sat at our table. I
suggested to Kailash that perhaps he could join
up with Ariel to "do" the rides. He said, "sure" and
off they went.
After we finished lunch, we found the kids and gave
them our tickets so they each had 6 tickets instead
of 3. We told Ariel we'd be at the Van if she needed
us. We went to the van and sat under our awning and
read for about 3 hours, when Ariel showed up.
She had had a good time and eventually did eat and
was ready to head back up the mountain.
It had been a pleasant day for each of us. We were
happy to have the Van!
I picked up my garden-in-a-box two weeks ago.
Before that, Ariel helped me prepare the garden
bed. We added sheep and peat.
I laid out the garden, using the map provided and
using Robert's survey sticks to mark where each
plant should go.
The next day, Trace planted all the plants in the
appropriate places. Robert and I took the trailer
down to the Logan Mill fire station where there
was a pile of green mulch, left from the fire
mitigation work. We loaded up what we thought
to be plenty of mulch. However, Trace and
Robert had to go and get a second load.
The plants all look happy and healthy. Trace did
a good job. Not one plant wilted! I think that
is amazing. They are all perennials and have plenty
of room to spread out. Hopefully, they will.
Robert's new computer arrived this week. This is
to replace the one zapped by lightening while we
were gone. He has spent the week getting it up
and running. The operating system is Windows7 and
so he is running the virtual XP on top of it. This
is not as good as an XP system, but better than
Windows7. There is some problem with the network
hooking up to the xp system.
Carl, Martha and Ariel are coming for dinner
tonight so Carl can do some trouble shooting. It's
always fun to have them come for whatever reason.
Greg has now moved to Denver and started working
at COBank. Connie and Meara are still in Wichita
getting everything ready for the big move later in
the month.
What fun to have them move so much closer!
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