After a wonderful summer in South Dakota, it was great to be back home with family... and to see the kids, my Mom and grandkids - Kyleigh, Cohen & Abby Lu !.JPG)
After numerous chores and catching up with mail, we started clearing more of the property - not only for the view, but also for fire break. BV cut & hauled...... and I hauled and burned. We've 7 acres.... might take a while longer!
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From October thru January we worked at a deer lease near San Saba.
After just parking the 5th wheel trailer at the house for a month.... we took it to the deer camp as our home base.Our job was to cook, shop, keep everything stocked, clean up, dish's, laundry, etc.... we'd stay 3-4 days at a time, drive home to check the house & mail and then back to the lease.
When we first got there.... discovered an inside visitor.... no not this one, but a baby rattler ... so we were on the look out
for others !
for others !
In the small kitchen, BV cooked all his "almost perfect" meals.... whether it was biscuits n gravy, roast n veggies, stuffed quail, fajitas & beans or his fabulous oven-baked mashed potatoes...... no one went hungry !
Along with cooking and clean-up, we would video the deer as they cam
e to the feeders, take folks to/from the deer blinds, set out corn or....
Along with cooking and clean-up, we would video the deer as they cam
e to the feeders, take folks to/from the deer blinds, set out corn or....
just enjoy the scenery...... and we had some gorgeous moments ! Sunsets, wildlife, thunderstorms & frozen fog....
....our 4 months included hard work, some long hours ... we're thankful for the opportunity !
Join us for our next adventure this summer.... at the end of March we will be taking on two volunteer assignments. April-May we will be at the Camas Wildlife Refuge near Rexburg, Idaho. From June-August we will be in the Rio Grande Nat'l Forest near Creede, Colorado.
....our 4 months included hard work, some long hours ... we're thankful for the opportunity !
Join us for our next adventure this summer.... at the end of March we will be taking on two volunteer assignments. April-May we will be at the Camas Wildlife Refuge near Rexburg, Idaho. From June-August we will be in the Rio Grande Nat'l Forest near Creede, Colorado.
