Nine's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

Post #13

Good morning, friends!

As promised, here are more pictures from our field trip yesterday.

But wait, there's more!

Post #14

Good afternoon, dear reader!

Yesterday Fred and I went out to inspect the box truck to build storage in it. We cleaned it out a bit, measured the current layout, then headed back in for lunch.

After lunch, Lara asked if we could bring her a few buckets for the Shann-delier cabin. Sure! We grabbed four buckets, finished unpacking Fred's truck, grabbed what we needed for our task, then headed out to her. We found her hard at work cleaning out the stovepipe.

We all identified some maintenance the cabin needed, so we came up with a plan. First, we needed more buckets. 😁

We trudged through the slushy snow in the cold, spitting rain and found our way through the fence at the Abbey. Of course I had to pop in and see how it looked inside, then took a quick gander at the greenhouse.

After locating the buckets, we made our way back over to the little cabin and began working on it. Due to runoff from the hillside near the door, the earth and snow were creating quite a mud puddle that was doing its best to come inside. I started digging a little trench outside the threshold to capture that water, then slowly began hacking away at the ice buildup in front of the door. Fred joined me and got savage on that icy mud and hacked away until we had a small drainage to (hopefully) keep most of the melt from going into the cabin.

Satisfied with our progress and reaching the end of our day, we packed it in and headed home.

The cold had seeped into my bones at some point in the day. It may have been a combination of things. My gloves got wet, so I left them to dry in the truck while we dropped off buckets. It was warm-ish out, so I left my coat in the truck too. I was wearing a balaclava, beanie, tank top, a long sleeve thermal, a hoodie, soft leggings, toe socks as a liner, knee-high fluffy wool socks, and my insulated bibs. I felt warm enough to leave these vital pieces behind for a quick jaunt. An hour later, between the rain, sitting periodically on cold things, and feeling the wintry breeze on my skin as it found the cracks in my layers - I got cold.

When we went back to the truck for shovels, I grabbed my jacket and gloves. The jacket immediately went to work keeping my heat trapped. The gloves were still wet though. No matter, two minutes after I started shoveling I had to take off my coat because I got too warm. Whew. Crisis averted.

But even after we'd gotten home I still felt like some of that core warmth hadn't reached every inch of me. I'm still feeling that a little today and am currently lying on the mass in the FPH trying to absorb any remnant of heat left in it.

Tl;Dr I'm actually a cat and like to lie in warm places. 😂🐱

Thanks for the trip to Wallace (now I don't have to go :).  And taking us along on your 'permie' days...love all the nitty gritty.  Reading is great, but seeing it makes it really alive :)