Back to Nordegg

We weren't able to get away for the entire weekend this past one...  I went to the shop in the afternoon and started work on pre-fabbing the outhouse that we will set up in Nordegg.  I put the two younger girls to work doing some painting.  Then later there was a block party in our neighborhood on Saturday evening so we stayed and attended that.  A bunch of the neighbors got together and had a BBQ out on the street.  Around ten homes on our street sold in recent months or are currently for sale.  So, there are a bunch of new neighbors that we met for the first time.  After the BBQ was over and out of the way, a bunch of the kids and a few of us old guys had a big game of road hockey.  I was feeling pretty worn out and tired by the time we shut things down at dusk.

The next morning I got up early and tried to get the girls out of bed.  I finally got them all up and going by about 9:00 so that we could hit the road for Nordegg.  The ATV was pre-loaded on the flat deck trailer at the shop so we slipped over there to hook it up.  This time all the girls were coming along so we had a full truck.  We were on the road by 10:30AM and arrived in Nordegg at around 1:30PM.  It was Father's Day and the girls presented me with a card.  They respected my wish of no gifts.  After the formalities, we un-loaded the ATV and set to work on a few chores.  The trampoline was set up again, just like last summer.  The girls were all over it from the minute it was ready to go.  Then I set about finding a spot and digging a hole for our outhouse.  Much like the rest of our property it was very rocky and I was only able to get down to a depth of about 1-1/2 feet.  Should be good enough for the occasional use that this building will see.  I put the base in place, levelled it and backfilled around it.  The rest of the afternoon was spent just riding around on the ATV and going for a couple of short walks.  The two older girls both took turns driving and both were pretty careful.  By later afternoon we had to pack things up and head for home.  We left Nordegg about 6:30PM, made a stop in Rocky Mountain House for fuel and something to eat, dropped the trailer and ATV off at the shop, and made it home by about 10:30PM.  A long busy day but lots of fun.