The Ranch 2015 Part 1

10/18/2015

It's about 6:00ish. Can't sleep so I thought I would update you all on the trip thus far. 

Managed to get to the B's only 25 minutes late. Perfect hair cannot be rushed. 

The drive was uneventful. We listened to a bit of Prairie Home Companion; till the CD player over heated and stopped working. Then a couple of hours of a fantasy audiobook called Going Postal. We'll try to finish it on the way home. Once we got passed Washington Pass and were in the Valley proper, I decided to celebrate with one of my kick-ass mixed tapes from the 90s. The passengers were all stunned by the awesomeness of my taste in music.

The one side trip we took was driving to one of the Seattle City Light dams on the Skagit. New experience for the Bs. Many photos taken.

Got here mid-afternoon. Xander waited all of 4 seconds before asking about riding the quad. We unpacked and chatted with Tina. And, of course, I put the Clint Howard voodoo doll under J's pillow. 

Then it was the obligatory walk from pond to pond to pond. Yesterday was the opening day of deer season so we made L take off his jacket. His was the only non-Earth tone shirt among us.

When we got to the Big Pond, Tina suggested Xander and “A Responsible Adult” take the row boat out to try to spot some salmon. None volunteered so it was Xander and J.  😆

They...sort of managed to row about. There were some 100 Canada (Canadian?) Geese swimming about who were very put out by the interlopers. Not enough to actually fly to a different pond but there was much honking.

By the time our two sailors returned, Wendi and Tina had returned to the Ranch to start on dinner. Me and Mr. B had to stay to help get the folks and boat ashore. Xander had the brilliant idea to stand up at the stern just as L and I were heaving the bow up on shore. He came "this" close to falling off the back into the water. 

Would've been quite the learning opportunity but I probably would have been the one to remove any leeches. 😱

Walked back home but we guys decided for a quick trip into town. Seems L can only eat eggs, cottage cheese and meat so he wanted to pick up plenty of the first two. And I figured I would win some points by buying the Little Lady some Dr. Pepper. When we got back, J noted that "Wendi just can't live without her DP!" which I privately found very funny because I have a dirty mind.

The Women-folk made a delicious dinner of roast beef, salad and oven fries. The Xander-folk watched cartoons. We men-folk poured over land documents trying to find the boundaries for our 27 acres. We were not completely successful but L and I will try our best to find the boundary markers today. Just need to find some neon orange vests and/or hats. 

After dinner and ice cream for dessert, we Hardys and Bs played Mario Cart, Smash Brothers and MarioLand on the Wii U. (Remembered the power cable this time.) To my amazement, I really, really suck at Smash Brothers. Who knew?

One final note. As we were settling down to sleep, we discovered a photo of Mr. Howard with the caption "He's Baaaack!" in our bed.  

That is so immature. 👿

Best get the boy some food. Well, some real food. Chances are very good he has a cache of sunflower seeds and Cheetos squirreled away in the Bunkroom.

Adios.

Brian