Walden Island - Day 43, 44 & 45

We had a nice weekend on Walden Island. It did rain quite a bit, but we got some sun breaks both Saturday and Sunday. My rain barrels are already full!

We left Beaverton around 4pm on Friday - after picking Makena up from school - hoping to make it to Silver Lake before it got dark or started raining. We were sure we were going to hit a lot of traffic, but were lucky not to. Makena was, of course, hungry so we stopped for food...setting us back a bit. Then, just before Longview, I mentioned that someone (me) forgot the battery charger for our tools. Jamie stopped at Home Depot to buy a new charger (one that we left in the shed). By this time, it was dark...but still dry. Just before getting to Castle Rock, it started to rain. BUT...we got to the lake, loaded things up quickly and got over to the island without too much trouble. (Apparently I don't melt in the rain like I thought.)

I was helping Jamie unload the flooring (that he purchased from a store going out of business) from the boat to the wheelbarrow. Someone (me) couldn't keep the wheelbarrow from tipping and one of the boxes of flooring fell into the lake. Jamie quickly pulled it out and we got it up to the shed to dry out. Whew!

Jamie and I tried to finish installing the insulation upstairs so that we could get everything cleaned up and the beds made. But halfway through the ceiling work, someone (Jamie) ran out of staples in his staple gun. We'll have to finish the ceiling another time, oh well. It's so much warmer upstairs now though, and it's nice to know that the pieces flying around (and getting into our bodies) are only recycled denim or cotton - not fiberglass, itchy, crappy stuff. It was totally worth the extra money!

And, no, we never planned on insulating the shed or laying any flooring. But, Jamie doesn't like being cold so it had to be done! : ) There was a lot of cold air coming in through the floor and any heat that we had was just creeping out through the ceiling. It was worth the effort - even though it's "The Shed".

When the sun came out on Saturday, I walked around the island to get some pictures. You can find the rest of the photos at Amber's Pix.

All of the leaves have fallen off of the trees behind us.

a couple of lonely dandy-lions

Jamie and I installed the flooring on Saturday. Our motto is: "Do it wrong the first time so that you know when it's done right!" There weren't any sort of directions, but we got finally got it figured out.

We played games on Saturday night and had some good laughs...at each other.

We also watched a few more movies this weekend, and Makena and I did some reading. Makena spent most of her time in bed with her laptop though - not too unusual for her.

It was pretty cold when we left on Sunday, but luckily it wasn't raining too hard. We left around 3:30pm to make sure we could load/unload in the daylight.

You can see our shed there...might click on the photo to enlarge it