We decided to shop and cook and bring everything with us from home to save time for the weekend. We got to O’Wich around 11:00 am to find Rick and Katie greeting us from the rockers on the front porch. They, along with Jack, arrived on Friday night. We unloaded everything and got lunch started. Rick had already begun deconstruction of the old fire pit and moved all the cinder blocks to the edge of the road. The sweat on Rick’s brow (if there was any) wasn’t even dry when our scavenger neighbor pulled up, interested in the blocks. Funny thing is that we wanted him or the other scavengering neighbor to take them, but we wanted to offer them or at least put a “FREE” sign on them! Oh well, at least they’re gone! Rick said there were lots of mice and frogs being displaced – hopefully they run ‘away’ from the cabin!
We had Sloppy Joes for lunch and then Carlo and Rick ran to the store and brought back ice cream – someone really enjoyed running from cone to cone!!!
Then Carlo and Rick scooped out the remnants of the fire pit – even Jack helped!
Time to construct the new fire pit! When moving the stones to their new location, a ball of fabric rolled out of one of the stones. Katie and I noticed it moving, when a mouse with either babies “en tit” or “in birth” emerged and ran off – somewhere, not sure where, again…hopefully ‘away’ from the cabin!!!
Within a little more than an hour the stones were in place, adhered together and Jackie and Alex arrived.
Jack showed Alex the tractor...
they climbed on some stumps...
and they posed for pictures!
It was official; my children had arrived on site for family weekend! We capped off the fire pit with the last of the stones and got our first official fire started!!!
We enjoyed the fire and the beautiful day while we visited. We grilled chicken – I forgot the Brats - for dinner and watched some family videos and then we got our S’mores on at the fire side.
Although Carlo and I were both up for over 24 hours, we had a great day and evening – productive and entertaining. Jackie and Alex were going to camp but couldn’t find their tent. The back up plan was to sleep on the screened in porch – but with the cold temps and the presence of mice, they bunked in the living room. Carlo and I grabbed the loft while Rick, Katie and Jack took the bedroom. For a small cabin, it seemed to all work out just fine!
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