Random Cabin Stuff

This is the new background photo on our desktop PC. I love it.

I have been remiss in blogging; I think there were four cabin visits since my last post. First, I couldn't stand the plumbing situation anymore, so I went up there by myself and swapped out the supply lines from this:

To this. It can all be gravity-drained (via the convenient floor drain) in about 5 minutes.

The plumbing project took a little longer than expected. I called Karen to tell her that I would be home late Sunday evening. She basically told me to get my a$$ home ASAP to help with the kids.

Luis and I took all four kids to the cabin over Mother's Day weekend to give the wives a break. We had a great time, but didn't take many pictures. I called Karen on Sunday morning to tell her that we would be heading home soon. She told me to take my time. Take LOTS of time.

Here is a picture of some elk I saw on the drive to the cabin for the Mother's Day weekend.

Since Cascade Reservoir is next door, we decided to take my grandpa's boat to the cabin. We spent quite a bit of time doing maintenance, cleaning, and outfitting the boat for our needs at Cascade. I gave Elena a rag and she spent a couple of hours spit-shining the interior of the boat.

Our first family fishing trip on the boat was a bust. We caught zero fish. On the second trip, I dropped Karen and Marcus off at the Williamsons' cabin and picked up Justin and his son Zarek. We caught one perch. The following day my neighbors told me where the perch were and I caught a bunch while the kids were sleeping. I fished from the bank. Go figure.

We have done some mushroom hunting at the cabin. Hunting has been fair; the exercise has been good. Over Mother's Day weekend I found what I would guess to be a grouse nest. Two weeks later we found a few more shrooms. 

 

  We have a rabbit. A snowshoe hare actually. Elena named him Mr. Rabbit.

I think this may be Elena's first selfie. She was playing with my phone and managed to turn on the camera, switch the view back towards the screen, and snap some pics. I'm sure she'll be posting to Facebook or Twitter in no time. We'll have to work on lighting next time.