Day 869: Clean up continues

I have a million stories to tell about Quest.  So many interesting anecdotes, unusual twists and great acts of  courage to relate, but they will have to wait till I can keep my eyes open!  Today we worked from 8 am to 6 pm on the equipment, laundry, stoves, yard work and house work.  Now, we're exhausted and  ready to sleep.

The day started with packing up all the pots, pans and utensils to deliver to the school wash room and Steve wanted to pick up the storage containers for the stoves.  When we arrived, an alarm in the elementary school was going off.  Steve called Dave W. to come tend to it while we waited outside because we did not want to be accused of triggering it.   Tomorrow morning, the crew will wash all the pots, but Steve will have to do it because I'm taking Mary back to the retinologist.

Between noon and five, families had the opportunity to return the equipment they borrowed.   Only six came and their returns were not all complete.  More gear will arrive during school tomorrow.  We want desperately to wrap up this operation and return to our civilian lives so we pushed like crazy.  Five loads of Quest laundry, two loads of our laundry, all the stoves cleaned and oiled, extra food organized to donate, supplies returned to school, front yard mowed, azaleas trimmed, front gardens cleaned and raked, then all the hostas and lilies sprayed with liquid fence.

This evening, I edited about 200 photos.  Some of them are pretty terrific, but there are lots more to edit.

Boots on a wire at the trailhead leading to Arkwright Falls

One of my favorite shots.

Notice the reflections of the clouds, trees and, in the upper left corner, a camper.  Petals float in the water and the polliwogs are feasting on a worm.  

A hardworking sheep dog!