What we found...

We had a good day on the island yesterday... It was hard to both see how shabby the camp has become though. I shouldn't have been surprised with all the deferred maintenance here at the house, but there it is epidemic. The Axeman spent the day living up to his name trying to thin the downed trees and such. We didn't know there would be so many so we didn't bring a chainsaw so all he had was an axe... He was dead tired by the end of the day.

The inside was equally in need of a good cleaning and for the most part it still does... My parents haven't been to the camp in over two years and have let various family and friends of the family use it for weekends etc... Let just say... they don't deserve their (non-existent) security deposits back... There were several people in and out of there in the past two years so it is impossible to say who did what, but there was a definite lack of respect for the camp... Apparently someone (or multiple someones) felt the need for some souvenirs too as a lot of things were missing. (Once again, my family makes me so proud.)

We spent the day going through things and trying to clean up a little bit. We almost missed the last ferry off the island even though we were in line over an hour early... The lesson learned by that... always take medical supplies and meds with us if there is a chance we may not make it home for the night. We talked to the guys at the ferry terminal about the medical issues then put both my parents in the car with me as we had been assured they would be able to get us off island. (There is no hospital or even a pharmacy on the island, so we qualified as a medical emergency.) But the Axeman and Cate were in the other vehicle and it was doubtful they would make it. Fortunately for him the two pickups in front of him were too big for the one spot they had left so they flagged him around and he was literally the last car on the last ferry...

We got home, ordered pizza and literally dropped into bed...

There was a funny story about ice cream and the question about what goes on in the minds of teenagers... I'll share that with you tomorrow...

Thanks for listening