Kylie's Visit, part 2

Another week with Kylie here. We have been teaching her a few things like budget shopping, how to use a saw, and the importance of drinking enough water. Last Sunday, we went up to Dutchman's Peak where there is a fire lookout. After playing in the snow, we ate lunch at the lookout and climbed up into the cupola. Afterwards, we went for a little hike on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) which goes from Canada to Mexico. The work week went smoothly with early mornings and afternoons off to go swimming and tomato eating. We weeded the lettuce and the squash and worked on the yurt. The yurt is a huge pain in the neck. We discovered that we would not be able to get the 20' 1'' circle we needed, so we had to take the floor off and add some pieces in to make it large enough to get a 20' 8" circle. We then got the walls and cable set up. For the next step we'll need a drywall jack.We are down to 10 chickens. The raccoons have feasted. One was caught in a trap; Tim shot one, and Grant shot one. It is the only mammal he has shot. After that he became quite the hick...wearing Wranglers, talking about trucks and guns, etc. (not really). He threw it by the creek a little to close to our favorite swimming and hammock spot, and now it smells horrible. We thought something would have eaten it by now.On Thursday, we drove down to Sacramento to get Kylie to her plane on time on Friday morning. It was a good week, and now I am sick of driving.