3 October 2018 - Wednesday

3 October 2018 - Wednesday

It has been another physically exhausting day!  I can't believe how tired I am right now!  Both mom and I got to work together on a variety of assignments.  The wind has been blowing hard, most of the day, and the clouds are being shifted frequently in their rotation above us!

Here we are on our way to the Homestead!

 

The captivating storm clouds directly over Devil's Gate

The big project today was Fort Seminoe preservation.  The Church History Department has given some very specific instructions on helping to slow down the damage to the original footings of the Fort.  Mom and I cut the grass around the dig site, and today we started receiving more supplies.  They want to temporarily cover the project with ground cover, spread  the ground cover with about 6" of top soil, line the perimeter with 6" by 6" by 16' beams and then fill the inside perimeter with gravel.  They plan on picking up the project sometime in the future;

Waiting at the Welcome Post for some dump belly trucks with top soil.

The first of several dump belly trucks with 20,000 pounds of top soil.

The perimeter beams for the Fort project, each weighing about 150 pounds

We will take the ground covering and lay it our over the project and then rake and shovel the 6" of top soil over the ground cover.  I heard we are bringing in about 60,000 pounds of this top soil, but after the first load, it doesn't seem like that will be enough!  The FM folks thought we would start this project today after correlation.  We all had our assignments and gathered to the dig site.  But with lots of delays, we all finished up other projects.  This project will probably resume tomorrow.

Mom and I and Elder Hansen went to clean out the remaining burn stubble in Bertha, for one of our other projects.  The burning of the garbage is done for the season and we were to fill up the dumpster with this burn stubble and then load up the metal items to be taken to Casper.  The missionaries have been told what to put in Bertha, and every forbidden items was found inside!

What will burn... aerosol cans?, bicycle frames?, tin cans, metal pans?

The big burn in Bertha last week!

We burned this final batch last week and got it ready to load the residue into the dumpster to be hauled off today.  It was a very dirty and nasty job, but I seem to be the lucky one to get down and dirty!  Mike Rowe would be so proud!  But it is interesting what senior missionaries will put into a burn incinerator!  I got the fire hot enough to burn the worst of household garbage, but could not get it hot enough to melt metal!

Six, underutilized senior missionary couples getting instructions before the delay!

Granny with her hood on saying; lets go to work!

After we shared lunch with the Hansen's, mom and I went back to our open issues.  We helped celebrate Sister Hansen's 68th birthday with some soup and crackers in their new little apartment home at the Homestead.  We sure have enjoyed the many activities we have shared with them, and not to mention the suit I gave him!  It is a perfect fit and it looks sharp on him!

The shuffleboard tape being removed

What a slow and methodical process!

This last assignment was a leftover from last week.  We took the tape off the floors at the pavilion at Missionary Village, along some of the floor paint!  This is the shuffleboard game that a senior missionary set up this summer.  I am not sure if anyone has played this game except my precious grandchildren, but this was the wrong tape to use.  But, we finally got it off late this afternoon.

It has been such a physical day for me!  I am looking forward to retiring when I get home and play with the grandchildren everyday!  I can't believe how achy I get kneeling down like this.  My mind says everything is just fine but my body rejects that notion!  It is time for a good nights rest and it is not 8:00pm yet!  Am I turning in to an early to bed Grandpa?  Perhaps Granny has the right answer!