March 9th, 2018


Change of plans. I loaded up the truck right after work and made a run for it. The weekend is supposed to be nice all over and it will be busy on the roadways. It was actually pretty busy tonight on the way here to the cabin. I wanted to avoid it tomorrow morning and … Continue reading March 9th, 2018

October 22nd, 2017


Tomorrow is the start of my last week of work for the season, and I'll be off a few of those days so it will not even be a full week. There are a few last-minute end-of-season things to wrap up and we will be done. During the winter there is mainly the maintenance on … Continue reading October 22nd, 2017

October 11th, 2017


It was back to work yesterday. My back finally has loosened up quite a bit and it is sure nice to be up and around and nearly back to normal. Not getting the full surgery was a relief and helped with a speedier recovery. Myself and a couple of guys from work went to a … Continue reading October 11th, 2017

Vacation Time!


Well, hell. Every single place I was thinking of going for the next few days in the trailer before heading to MT has a rainy forecast. Yeah, we badly need the rain here in Western Washington so I won't complain too much. It IS, after all, Washington. I finally have time away from work and … Continue reading Vacation Time!

September 11, 2017


In one of yesterday's posts I talked about the five-year anniversary of leaving to move to Washington. I went back and looked at that September 10th, 2012 post again and it feels like yesterday. I had actually left Colorado about three days before that post, but the 10th was the first day of really having … Continue reading September 11, 2017