I spent my holidays stripping!

Well it's August 17th, the days are getting shorter and the nights colder. I can tell by the chill in the air that Fall is on it's way whether I like it or not. Meanwhile, friends and family in Japan are sweltering in 40c+ temperatures . . . I'll take the cold over the heat!

It's about a month since the last update, so now it's time to bring you up to speed. After attending sailing school at Emma Lake, I returned work for a week. During that week, I travelled to Pinehouse Lake and deployed a batch of new computers.

It was a short week and soon we were off to Weyburn where we met Sarah's parents and visited her grandmother. While in Weyburn, I found hidden treasure! Nestled deep within a scrap yard, I found the perfect donor for my Jeep Grand Cherokee. Now this is my kind of holiday, wrench in hand and lying under a car, stripping as many parts as I can stuff into a minivan already bursting with holiday gear. It was a good day!

With my appetite for Jeep parts sated, the inlaws visited, and minivan over-loaded, we headed back to Melfort. On the way back, we stopped off at Pure Praire coffee garden and gift shop in Dysart. The stop was well worth it! The hidden garden is beautifully done, with a number of rustic buildings hidden among the trees and shrubs. Within each building you will find a table or two perfect for a secluded latte or cappuccino. After a much needed break, it was off to Mefort to see the Fair Parade and enjoy the Midway. The Fair was great fun for the kids and a lot of walking for us, but we survived. The worst was yet to come!

Sarah and I spent the next week stripping! Stripping paint, that is. The garage at our house in Melfort needed paint, but before it could be painted, all the old paint had to come off. I do not recommend stripping and painting as a holiday activity. Stripping parts off a car, thats fun. Stripping paint off a garage with a propane torch, is not fun. You couldn't pay me to do this! No, I did it for free! And it was HOT! After a week of stripping, scraping, sanding, filling, sanding, wiping, priming, sanding, and painting, we were done and it was time to go home.
























Back in La Ronge and back to work! While Sarah and the kids enjoyed a week of summer camp, I travelled 5 hours north to La Loche and depoyed more computers. After 3 ten to twelve hour days, it was back home to La Ronge and a long weekend ahead. What a month!