Jon's Alaska-Monday

 Monday it rained. Mr. Pippin had waited to fix the power in the garage til the kid showed up. Human backhoes are handy to have around! Randall gave Jon an idea of where to dig and Jon started. It was a bit more than either of them anticipated! He had to dig up the old wires while making a trench for the new ones. The old ones meandered all over the place!

Jon was particularly unimpressed with the no see ums being out, especially in the rain! 

The damage was eventually found. Later, I went into the photos from previous years and we realised this damage happened last July. But, the consequences didn't show up til this year. One part was fixed very well. The other...well, we think it was 'hidden'. Jon tugged on the wires and they came apart at first pull! 

 

Jon filled much of the trench in on Tuesday. I laughed when he asked what he'd do while up here, he also said he wished he'd brought up his Bobcat! Unfortunately, many of mum's bulbs got rearranged, but the power is back on! 

Other things we did on Tuesday included visiting Darryl-who proceeded to give Jon a million fishing tips. We then drove out to the bridge on the Swanson and Jon talked to a couple hanging around out there. Now, we need to get him a fishing licence. 

Never a dull moment around here!