Journal of progress: May 1-6
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
We moved out of our apartment where we wintered in Taylorsville yesterday. We decided to substitute today. If we substitute 3 days in the month for Granite School District, we can keep our status active. Seeing how things don't always work out the way we hope or plan, we don't want to burn our bridges. It was much harder to get on with Granite last fall than we anticipated. Because of abuses, we had to reapply as if we were brand new employees with references, transcripts, everything. If we need it next year because we are not yet in the house or just wanting to pump up the income, it will be available to us. We went out to Mammoth in the evening and were treated to a nice sunset from the rainy day. It was cold in the trailer, 40 degrees, but we had enough bedding to keep warm.
Wednesday, May 2, 2108
We woke up to a very cold and rainy morning. The school bus came to get the only kid in Mammoth for school. Because of her, the north and east roads on the side of our house are paved and they are plowed when it snows.
Barbara borrowed bowls, spoons, a knife and a cutting board from the neighbors so we could eat breakfast and prepare the onions we were supposed to take to the Senior's luncheon. We off-loaded the laundry from the trailer and the groceries. This is a different trailer than last year and supposedly better but the spaces are different--some not as deep or as high. It has more move around space in the kitchen area. It has a double bed but we can't even pass each other in the aisle by the bed. We can hardly even walk single file there. Often we turn sideways.
The Internet/telephone guy came and got us connected. Don retied the rope on our pickup bed trailer so that he could pull things out of the tailgate, and we were able to get the box out with our dishes. We went to the Senior Citizen's dinner in town. Then Barbara went to city hall to see why we didn't have a trash can yet. She called them a week or so ago. They said it was because they didn't have a trash can and acted like I hadn't given them enough notice, even though we notified them last fall that we would be returning in the spring. We went to the bookmobile. Barbara knows she used one before but can't remember when or where. It comes to Eureka every other Wednesday for a few hours. We're glad to have it.
It was still really cold when we got back to the trailer. We called our landlady and eventually reached her husband. He came out and taught us how to use the furnace and the place warmed up some. Then we couldn't get the furnace to kick back on.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
The rain had stopped. It was warmer outside. We opened the door and window trying to get some heat inside. We off-loaded our trailer and Barbara found places for virtually everything. Our landlady came over. She changed the propane tank and the furnace worked—but it wouldn’t work again later. It only works when they are here—not so great. In the afternoon, we went to get water. Don used the hose that was here to fill the red barrel. He said it was full of mouse turds so we will have to do that again. Bummer.
Friday, May 4, 2018
We heard gnawing on the trailer in the morning. We thought mice but someone suggested raccoon. We, of course, didn’t see anything. Our job today was to organize the storage cabin so Barbara can work in it. It only took us a couple of hours. The first roof you see here is our storage cabin. The picture is taken from the trailer we live in so you can see it is not far. Barbara often walks to it unless she needs to bring stuff back or take lots of stuff over. We needed to get a picture of the storage cabin before we organized it. You could get into the door and that was about it. We added a washer and dryer, two rocking chairs, kitchen chairs, two end tables, a kitchen table. Last year we only used one room but now we are using part of another. We moved things back over several trips and basically just threw them into the cabin without any effort to organize them. Barbara organized them so she could find things over several days. The pictures were taken after she had done this.
Barbara more or less knows where everything is although it is frustrating to look for something and be unable to find it.
Many boxes have been used over and over through several moves so their labels have been crossed out and relabeled many times.
Don went to Payson to get a new hose so he can transfer water cleanly. He then tackled cleaning out the water barrel that had the mice turds in it. Barbara went to a Sister’s Retreat at Mosida where the church sponsors handcart treks. This is about twenty minutes from Mammoth, just north of Elberta. Below are some pictures from the building.
As part of the trek, they have three strong young men carry the other trekers across this body of water representing the crossing of the Sweet Water River. This picture is interesting as the reflection looks old time. Not even their clothes seem the same color.
This is only one of many pictures there but it reminded Barbara of our daughter who used to play pioneer mother protecting her baby from harsh circumstances.
Kind of liked this lantern chandelier.
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Don worked on removing the tarps. It was slow pulling all of the nails out. He couldn't take the tarp off the wall he had built for the living room. The window was holding too much water.
Barbara found that the purple tub contains wood, not her birding stuff so she went looking for her birding stuff. It was in a cardboard box and the mice had gotten into it. They had eaten off the tabs she had put in the book marking birds common to this region. They had eaten into all of the bird feed bags so bird feed was everywhere. There was a live mouse inside one of the bird houses and a mouse nest with baby mice inside the potting soil. It wasn’t a pleasant clean up—surgical gloves and lots of hand washing. Barbara hung the two bird houses and all of our other bird feeders. A hummingbird visited before the day was over.
Our landlady recently renovated an old miner's cabin. She is renting it to geologists. They are checking out the mines in the area to see if it would be profitable to reopen them using modern mining techniques. These bags are full of samples they have taken and the rocks represent some of the rocks with minerals they have found.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
We spent this day with family in Provo celebrating the newest addition to their family.
We were also able to visit some Chilean friends. Their daughter married an American and is living in Provo. She taught at the MTC in Chile and also taught a Spanish class for senior missionaries which we took. Her father was the temple Recorder and will be the Recorder of the new temple in Concepción, Chile, about 300 miles south of Santiago.
We moved out of our apartment where we wintered in Taylorsville yesterday. We decided to substitute today. If we substitute 3 days in the month for Granite School District, we can keep our status active. Seeing how things don't always work out the way we hope or plan, we don't want to burn our bridges. It was much harder to get on with Granite last fall than we anticipated. Because of abuses, we had to reapply as if we were brand new employees with references, transcripts, everything. If we need it next year because we are not yet in the house or just wanting to pump up the income, it will be available to us. We went out to Mammoth in the evening and were treated to a nice sunset from the rainy day. It was cold in the trailer, 40 degrees, but we had enough bedding to keep warm.
We woke up to a very cold and rainy morning. The school bus came to get the only kid in Mammoth for school. Because of her, the north and east roads on the side of our house are paved and they are plowed when it snows.
Barbara borrowed bowls, spoons, a knife and a cutting board from the neighbors so we could eat breakfast and prepare the onions we were supposed to take to the Senior's luncheon. We off-loaded the laundry from the trailer and the groceries. This is a different trailer than last year and supposedly better but the spaces are different--some not as deep or as high. It has more move around space in the kitchen area. It has a double bed but we can't even pass each other in the aisle by the bed. We can hardly even walk single file there. Often we turn sideways.
The Internet/telephone guy came and got us connected. Don retied the rope on our pickup bed trailer so that he could pull things out of the tailgate, and we were able to get the box out with our dishes. We went to the Senior Citizen's dinner in town. Then Barbara went to city hall to see why we didn't have a trash can yet. She called them a week or so ago. They said it was because they didn't have a trash can and acted like I hadn't given them enough notice, even though we notified them last fall that we would be returning in the spring. We went to the bookmobile. Barbara knows she used one before but can't remember when or where. It comes to Eureka every other Wednesday for a few hours. We're glad to have it.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
The rain had stopped. It was warmer outside. We opened the door and window trying to get some heat inside. We off-loaded our trailer and Barbara found places for virtually everything. Our landlady came over. She changed the propane tank and the furnace worked—but it wouldn’t work again later. It only works when they are here—not so great. In the afternoon, we went to get water. Don used the hose that was here to fill the red barrel. He said it was full of mouse turds so we will have to do that again. Bummer.
We heard gnawing on the trailer in the morning. We thought mice but someone suggested raccoon. We, of course, didn’t see anything. Our job today was to organize the storage cabin so Barbara can work in it. It only took us a couple of hours. The first roof you see here is our storage cabin. The picture is taken from the trailer we live in so you can see it is not far. Barbara often walks to it unless she needs to bring stuff back or take lots of stuff over. We needed to get a picture of the storage cabin before we organized it. You could get into the door and that was about it. We added a washer and dryer, two rocking chairs, kitchen chairs, two end tables, a kitchen table. Last year we only used one room but now we are using part of another. We moved things back over several trips and basically just threw them into the cabin without any effort to organize them. Barbara organized them so she could find things over several days. The pictures were taken after she had done this.
Don went to Payson to get a new hose so he can transfer water cleanly. He then tackled cleaning out the water barrel that had the mice turds in it. Barbara went to a Sister’s Retreat at Mosida where the church sponsors handcart treks. This is about twenty minutes from Mammoth, just north of Elberta. Below are some pictures from the building.
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Don worked on removing the tarps. It was slow pulling all of the nails out. He couldn't take the tarp off the wall he had built for the living room. The window was holding too much water.
We spent this day with family in Provo celebrating the newest addition to their family.
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