Zac and Em: McCall--June

On the road again...Zac and I headed up to McCall for the weekend to help Jonathan and Anna at their cabin. They've been working on putting in a fence for the dogs...and well since our dogs will be using it in the future....it was our weekend to help out.

Zac and Jonathan finished up the remaining posts, which happened to be the hardest post-holes to dig and needed to be the most precise, since they were for the double gate and side gate....after they finished pouring the concrete and doing some hard thinking, they were on to putting up the wire. Despite not getting to work until about 11:00ish Saturday morning, it was a productive day as the boys worked until dark, which is about 10:00 these long summer days. They put in a solid 10 hours of work.

Anna and I were good for moral support, taking care of the dogs and making sure the boys had food, water, sunscreen and eventually beer. Jonathan couldn't stand knowing how much work needed to be done and Anna and I were just being good wives....so by late afternoon he rallied up a project for us. After unloading the trailer of rock, we got the weed fabric and laid it in the back around the fire pit and then shoveled gravel all over it! He told us we had done such a great job, we could keep going. After doing the firepit area, our forearms were done for...but we pushed on and did a couple more strips. (Three days later, my left forearm is still sore!)

After coming to a good stopping point, Anna and I took all the dogs on a walk to the stream. Remmy dove in head first and was splashing around...surprise, surprise! Chief was chasing squirrels and chipmunks. Barney and Rio waded in the stream and Tucker stood clear of the water.

When we got back to the house, Anna started cleaning up outside and I started cooking dinner...elk burger tacos. By 11:00pm we had all gotten cleaned up, eaten some dinner, had a couple of drinks (I carefully enjoyed my red wine at the table, so I wouldn't have a repeat of the last time I spilled wine) and we were done for....we thought about having a camp fire and roasting marshmellows, but instead we hit the sack and called it a day! A long day!

Sunday we were back to work, only a little earlier. Jonathan and Zac finished the wiring and started hanging the gates. With nearly the entire fence up and the area secure, the dogs just roamed their new "yard." Although we wanted to stay an extra day, Zac needed to get back to work, so by 3:00 we cleaned up and packed the truck and headed out. We look forward to the next time we head up. The dogs will love the freedom. It was a fun weekend!