This has been a glorious week for weather. It was warm and sunny for the Goose Lake Ramble that I led on Tuesday. Forty people showed up; I was nervous as usual at the start. The group has high expectations: an energetic walk, but not too; arrival at a scenic lunch spot after about 11/2 hours; a slightly more relaxed return to the cars and notable flora and fauna along the way. I had decided to include an 'add on' after lunch. This was a bit unorthodox since it involved the highest climb of the ramble. Fortunately I had walked all over the area on Easter Saturday with Jay and May. We had taken the route I had planned for the add on, and it was too rough for the Tuesday gang. On the way down we found a better way, which I used on Tuesday when the ones who wanted a bit more climbing came with me and those who preferred walking the road back to the cars went with my friend Miriam. All went well.
Today was a time of changes. One third of Jim's Eccentricity was ripped away. I stayed outside working in the garden the whole time so as to be able to see the action and take a few pictures. Jay worked with four other young men. They started at 9:00am and by 4:00 there were only 2/3s of the old garage left. A lot of plaster was bashed, chicken wire cut and semi petrified wood splintered. The nails could not be removed; they were one with the Douglas Fir they had been hammered into in about 1934, a bit like mom and dad after 73 years of marriage. The young man who wanted his section removed gave Jay his doors, which are more solid than ours. Jay will put them on tomorrow; we will paint them, and Jim's Excentricity will be back in service.
Just before the near third is demolished
Removing rafters
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