A River Permit

Big Mallard on the Main Salmon

So I check the mail yesterday. (We normally only get the mail around twice a week.) I noticed a big manila envelope address to Arlin Mikesell (Using his first name is always a tip off) and it was for the North Fork Ranger District. Neither of use drew out for the Idaho Rivers that we put in for. The package looked suspiciously like a river permit envelope. I walked into the house and asked Theral if he had a river permit that I didn’t know about. I franticly ripped the envelope open to discover that we had a permit for the Main Salmon in August. Last year we called and got a cancellation permit but could not put on the river because of Fires and that is how we ended up in Washington, which I absolutely loved.

Theral did get a call about this but did not call back. We would only have 5 days for the float because he would need to start school. I asked him what are the odds that you could call in sick on your first day. He asked me how he could do that. And my reply was that we could just rent a satellite phone. His sickness could be diarrhea from drinking untreated water in the wilderness (which could be really close to the truth).

So on August 13, 2008 we have a permit. I found it very fortuitous because we just bought a beautiful boat. Water will be low but I guess we can take two boats. Any taker?????? Plenty of time to plan…… Work sicknesses and all………..

A trip to Washington………………..

Theral and I bought a beautiful Maravia river rafting boat from a great guy named Greg. We drove to Kennewick, Washington. The boat is so pretty. As we were driving away with it attached to the truck (it came with a trailer), I felt like we were getting to good of a deal. It has never been rolled (which is extremely rare) because proper storage of the boats is to have them half inflated.

Since we were only 4 hours from Annavon and Mike’s, we took a little drive. Saw some parts of Washington that I have never saw. So Saturday we hung out with the Mattinson’s. We visited two different state parks that were AWSOME! That evening we got to see Nic and Lindsey’s school play. It was fabulous. It was so entertaining, I really glad that we got to see it. It definitely didn’t seem like a elementary production. I was entertained the whole time, it was just brilliant. Nic was the lead and Lindsey was the cutest elephant. When it was over we visited where Zac and Ali work, “Laser Fun Zone”, to play some laser tag. I did better then Theral but we were not professionals. The more you play the better you are and we don’t play that much.

So Sunday we went to the first part of Sacrament because Ali was talking. Nic and Lindsey sang and Theral and I had a hard time not singing along. It was a song that we sing almost every Sunday in Primary.

The drive back…… We got lost in Vancouver, Washington trying to find a Traders Joe’s …….. Idaho didn’t go fast enough. That is the worst part of the drive. I did drive for a tank in both directions. Theral’s citric of my drive almost landed him in the driver seat for the whole drive.

So the boat is taking up half of the garage. Theral is checking out storage units and starting to look at house with three car garages. I will post some pic from the trip and the new boat.

Time Change

Can I state for the record that time changes are bad news. I do like having more light in my evenings. Don’t get me wrong I understand the idea and I am all for it. It is hard to jump forward and loss an hour. Granted I did take some night quill on Saturday night and it has messed with my body. It makes me sleep way to much for a few days. I just need to vent……….. And that is what the blog is for………………..

Skin canner and the flu

So I was going to post earlier but I got sick. The flu to be exact. It started to come on Sunday and by Wednesday I was in full worthless mode. I tried to work Monday and Tuesday. Monday went ok until I started to ache and all I wanted to do was lay down. Tuesday I woke up and felt good. Then the afternoon came and I felt like crap. Wednesday I woke up and felt like I need drugs. The good new is that I’m feeling a lot better today. Apparently it has be going around and I ended up getting it.

Our anniversary was on Tuesday. Do to my condition, I didn’t even feel like doing anything. So I’m hoping that we will celebrate later. Maybe tomorrow or next week anything that we do should be lots of fun. Theral got a puffy vest and another fleece pull over for the anniversary. I got a coat. It is a very pretty coat. I will post photos of them later.

I got sunburned last week while I taught. I took photos of it. It is a classic tan line. I even put on sunscreen. It was really hot and I sweated it off at my hair line. If it was worse I probably would have wore a hat to everything. I really don’t want to get skin cancer. I told Theral I could leave him if he ever got skin canner. It is the one cancer that can be prevented with sunscreen. I’m a white girl in the desert and I try and prevent sun damage. Plus sun damage makes you look old.

On too a new topic. Spring break is next week so Theral and I don’t have any classes. What will I do with him, probably make him do his homework. I talked to all my sister this week. I’m trying to get them to go home for my Mothers birthday in April. I believe that two months is plenty of time to plan on going home. I am amazed at the apathy I got from my one sister.