Cheers to the Week-end...It was a good one! Lynn came out of a nice visit, bringing me all kinds of wonderful yummy edible things, including a beautiful bouquet of fresh spring flowers! Thank-you Lynn, for your kindness and generosity...I always appreciate it!
We were in the middle of draining our hot-tub of the Bromine contents. I gave up on trying to keep it balanced. When the alkalinity was right, the Ph was high. When the PH was right, the Alkalinity was gone. So we cleaned it all out and started afresh with Chlorine...back to where we were. I couldn't stand tubbing in a tub full of froth. Froth isn't good in a hot-tub. Froth= Bacteria.
Maybe it was too much Victoria secret Body butter, but I don't think so...I think the jet action was too high for Bromine.
Get over it B.
Needless to say, after our visit and our dinner, we migrated to the fresh tub and whaled away under the 3/4 moon until it was well past eleven. We still came in and had a snack and yapped for another hour or so.
At 8:30 am, Sharon was on the phone to announce that her and Bud and Sue would be coming out to ski the tracks ...starting at our house! Good idea! (They skied Balfour on Saturday and it was icy).
Lynn and I ate a french toast and bacon breakfast,then got suited up. She wore my skis,and I wore Emil's skis and before you know it, Sharon and Bud and Sue had arrived,all ready to ski. Now, skiing down the train tracks, wouldn't normally be my first choice of locations to ski,considering we
do actually see a train or two pass by once or twice a day. "They come at night, don't they?" says Sue. Then Sharon says "ahhh, they come late in the afternoon only!" I knew that they came both at night and int he late afternoon, and one should be comfortable knowing that you know when the trains come, but it is a different matter when you are skiing around a corner, smack dab in between two rails of steel,and there isn't what I'd call a real special place to jump into, should one hear a train coming...or the Pilot truck coming. Face it, we'd have been five spots in a row with ski-prongs hanging out in front and back of each of us, had a train ever rounded the corner!
Aside from that small deterrent, it was perfectly level,and pretty much easy to x-country ski on. Bud and Sharon led the way ,with Lynn and I bringing up the rear, and Sue, in the middle.
Do you know that after less than an hour of skiing we,were long past Sunshine Bay Park-putting on good mileage. At that point, Sue had to find a tree to wee behind, and as we were waiting, I nearly keeled over when I shifted the big body weight. My knees were tired, so I suggested that at least Lynn and I head back home. No, everyone concurred, it was time to turn back. Bud showed us a few ski tricks, to help get us in a good ski rhythm and in no time we were back to our end of the bay.
Everyone came in for a hot-rum ( with or without the rum) and a plate of natchos and cheese with yummy toppings of tomatoes, red peppers and finely chopped onions. Dunked in my homemade salsa, it was the perfect way to end a good ski day.
Nothing ever totally ends around here!
The X-country ski gang left, and then Lynn and Emil and I had some of Lynn's good soup and a little sandwich to top off the natchos which were only a good appetizer!
Lynn packed up and left, and in an hour or so, Emil's co-worker, Janice, arrived.
See, no dull moments around here.
We snacked and blabbed, then Emil fired up the Barby and grilled some Rainbow trout steaks. Yum! With my garden green beans that I had frozen this summer and the Orange Strawberry (almost) salad, it was another good meal. ( I didn't mention that we made roast beef and Yorkshire puddings for dinner last night.
At 9:30 we all decided to go for a hot-tub. Now I am petering out. Everyone else is in bed,including Silky, s o that is where I ought to go. After all, it is work tomorrow. Have a good week!
