Farthest North Ever

We finally got all the bales hauled.  Months after we are usually done.  There were so many equipment break downs this year and as lovely as it was the rain just kept coming, making it hard to get in the field.  Our grass is greener in October than it has been for years.  It is great.  But we got it done.  And we have more bales than we have in a long time.  Also a miracle of fasting for rain.  We have definitely been blessed this year. 

We would spend every spare minute hauling, sometimes only getting one load in a night.  Usually hauling bales is my least favorite thing.  To me it feels like walking down stairs picking up one toy, going up stairs to put away, then all the way back down again to get one more.  Really we load the truck as much as we can, so I don't know why it feels this way.  This year I almost enjoyed it.  Maybe because we were later it wasn't so hot, or we didn't have activities to run to, whatever it was, this year was almost fun. 

We took a trip up to visit Hatch's.  It was the farthest north I have ever been. We always enjoy seeing the projects they are working on.  It was supposed to be a 6ish hour trip.  Dave was a very law abiding citizen and it took us 7. We did drive a little faster on the way home until we started seeing a lot of deer on the side of the road and my car lights suck.  Back to being good citizens. It was fun to see where they live and attend their ward.  Interesting how many people Dave knew in their ward.  Even some cousins and people he grew up with. 

We went on a little hike.  More of a big hill and went right to the Saskatchewan border.  Ammon drove to the dump and parked.  At first I thought he was kidding.  We walked along a fence and through this ward members field that had told them about where to go.  Through the cows, it was an interesting way to start a hike.  Ammon even called the guy before we left to make sure no bears had been spotted in the area recently.  On the way Ammon was telling everyone which mushrooms were safe and how to spot them.  Nobody died after so I guess he was right.  They all enjoyed quite a few.  I don't like mushrooms so wasn't eating them, and was glad I didn't have to haul all the sick people out. :) 

It really is a beautiful place.  So many trees and everything was green.

There is a bear that was in their back yard.  It comes up and eats the crabapples.  We never saw it close and it always ran away when we tried to get a good picture.  But it was fun to watch Cora.  She is just living in her best element there.  They have a ward member that they get raw milk from, she had all this space, lots of trees, husband is home in the evening again, and a cute little girl.  Hanging her laundry to dry and the landlord has a huge garden that he asked them to help eat.  Sunday for dinner she just walked out with a big pan and gathered fresh things to eat. 

The project is coming along nicely and we really enjoyed being with them.  Cora made her pizza for us and Ammon did a seafood boil.  We had to head home right after we ate on Sunday, but have more to see next time we venture up.