So much, so little

Yea, things are better! Thanks for your good thoughts. I'm posting from my laptop in bed, which means the wireless router decided to work, and my car is safely parked outside on the street, which means I won my hearing downtown last Wednesday and got it out of hock for free at the pound, but had to drive its undriveable ass (literally; the rear suspension is broken) like 6 miles thru the city yesterday—very funny. I had my hazards on.

Here is my car in the pound. Can you see the miles and miles of cars? It's crazy there, like a Mad Max movie.

This is a view driving back to the gate through my windshield. apparently photographs aren't allowed in the pound, so I was sneaky.

On Friday I rented a car (instead of paying rent - seriously!) and drove up to my camp in Michigan, where I spent parts of every summer of my youth from age 7 on, for a "work weekend" in which a bunch of folks who love the place volunteer for schlepping, hauling, cleaning, painting - whatever is needed to set up the camp for the summer. The weekend also happens in the fall, to prep the camp for the closed season. It was wonderful, and good to do manual labor outdoors, as usual.

Here's the scene at meals in the dining hall. R, the camp caretaker (standing up) gives assignments - and makes jokes.


I worked with a great crew and we did a lot of hauling heavy stuff, but our most fun task was moving the waterski area's gas tank - about 50 feet. We had to use a tractor and big chains and do a lot of hoping that it wouldn't fall on anyone.

Lois had a great time, too. Here she is on the wrong bed in our cabin...


And here she is rolling in something totally stinky. I gave her a bath as soon as we got home.