News from home.

Got news and pictures from my brother today. The gravel company finally put the gravel down on our driveway. That will get rid of some of the mud. The grass is doing really well, that was one big mud pit when we were there last. Butte has been getting lots of rain which has been great for the grass.

It's still hot in the afternoons here in Utah. It cools off at night so we can sleep with the windows open but about 2:30 in the afternoon we have to close up and use the air. The air conditioner we thought was breaking seems to be limping along which is good since no one knows of anyone in the area that works on RVs anymore. We did buy a little window air conditioner in the event the RV one completely goes out. We'll find a use for it at the house if we don't use it here.

I've been sewing for a craft table that several of the ladies here have at the Farmers Market. I'm making microwave baked potato bags. Last week I sold one and I haven't heard today if they sold anymore. It gives me something to do on those hot afternoons when I don't want to be outside.

100 degrees in the beginning of June!

I don't think it got this hot this early the last time we were in Kanab, 3 yrs ago. We seem to be having some trouble with our air conditioner again, always when we get to these hot places. Yesterday we drove to St George and bought a small window air conditioner in case the problem persists and we can't find someone to repair it. 3 yrs. ago there was an RV repair place here but it has since gone out of business and we don't like to have to drive someplace for repairs when we're trying to work and have to do something with the dog as well. Maybe we'll be able to limp along until we finish this season.

Utah is just as beautiful as I remembered it. The red rock is something as are the mesas. 2 weeks ago they were having snow here and now it's in the 90-100 range.

Where we're working has changed some. We've been welcomed back by all the employees that worked with us before and are still there. They have all been waiting for Richard's biscuits and my bread pudding. They've also said they were looking forward to us cleaning the kitchen up a bit, the level has dropped a lot. They now serve lunch 5 days a week and dinner 3 nights a week in addition to the breakfast buffet 7 days a week so it's much harder getting everyone on the same page of clean-up duties.

We just had our first 2 days off and got a little early morning hike in to look for wild flowers, they seem to be almost done blooming after having such a late winter and then no spring and right into real hot weather. Lexi likes to hike if it's not to hot but she's not a big fan of hiking in this heat, she did ok this morning cause we kept it short enough and early enough before it got to hot.

I'm doing some sewing. Four of us women are going together on a craft table at the Kanab Farmers Market each Sat. I found a pattern for microwave baked potato bags that are at my skill level so I'm getting some of them ready for when they set up the table. Since I'm done with work at 11 am it's giving me something besides taking a nap in the hot afternoons. We get up at 4 am so my body would like to nap more than sew but I'm trying to get my body into the new sleep routine, so far I only sleep 4-5hrs a night on work nights. Hopefully I'll get adjusted soon. I did sleep really well on my days off though.

We like our new RV park for employees. We're just 3 miles outside of town but it's much nicer than being in town like we were last time. In each corner of the house shoe layout there's room for a nice big garden. Next to us our bosses have a real nice garden and then at the other corner my friend Chris and another couple have another real nice garden and are trying some veggies. Some of the veggies are planted in the ground but most are in containers with good soil. I brought a bunch of extra plants my brother didn't have room for so I planted in containers broc., caul., brussel sprouts and a couple mystery plants that didn't have labels. I've never tried those type of plants in containers so we'll see how they do. It's fun to have a little bit of garden anyway.

The summer may be busy with friends visiting, another friend has just said she and her husband may visit, maybe end of June or early July. Another friend is coming for a week the end of Sept. They're both very interested in visiting Best Friends Rescue Ranch which is just a couple miles away from us. Sounds like we all made our plans at a good time so we can cross paths again.