Great Basin National Park

Saturday

I got up around 7. I hadn't slept well, but not for any particular reason. In the middle of the night, I got up to sip water and walk to the bathroom, and rub magnesium on my legs. After that I was pretty comfortable, but sleep would not come.

I took morning supplements, then went to Michelle's cabin to get water from the outside jug. I gathered up clothing and toiletries, then went to the camp bathroom to wash up and get dressed.

I went back to the cabin to eat a boiled egg and share with Chris. I tried to set up my laptop, but I didn't have the right cord. I went to see Casey, but ran into Michelle, who had just the right cord. So Chris and I sat together on the bed in the cabin on our laptops. I tried to finish up the tapping from yesterday.

Michelle messaged that she had casserole and hot chocolate. So we put down our laptops and went over. She had a fire going. We all had breakfast together, each eating what seemed best to them. There were doughnuts and marshmallows and pineapple, homemade sourdough bread. I had pineapple and a piece of bread. She had coconut butter for it which I put on, but then found out it had vegetable oil, so I toasted it over the fire till the 'butter' dripped off.

We went back to our cabin to finish up. I went to see the lady who runs the camp. I wanted to pay for the cabin and buy some meat for tonight. But she was about to run a cave tour. But she said she'd meet us by the A frame to settle money and sell some meat.

I went back to the tapping. After I finished that, I watched a Rama walkthrough to see what I missed. Then I posted to my blog for Thursday and Friday and jotted notes for Saturday.

I sat on the bench in front of the cabin, watching for the lady in charge. Isadora and Michelle sat with me. When the lady arrived, we talked about buying meat to take home and meat to cook tonight. She took us to the A-frame and we looked at heart and tongue for taking home and 6 steaks for tonight. She had to go get her other phone to run the payment, then we settled the cost of meat and the cost of the cabin. She gave us the steaks and Chris set out the steaks to thaw.

Casey and Isadora and I took Michelle's car and went to Great Basin National Park. We drove up to over 10,000 ft above sea level. Then we went walking uphill, looking for a lake about a mile and a half away. It was quite intense exercise and I did not go all the way. But I wished I had brought my phone. Since there was no phone signal at the camp, I figured the park would be the same. But there was signal, AND the most amazing birch trees dressed in glowing yellow leaves. No pics.

When we got back to camp, Michelle was trying to start the fire. I got Chris from the cabin. He got the fire started, put more wood on, and cooked corn and the steaks. It was all marvelous! Michelle searched on her phone for large inflatables that would look good for Halloween. Also costumes for the kids.

It got dark. Everyone was tired. Chris went back to the cabin. Casey declined to set up the Rama game again. So I went back to the cabin to check e-mail and catch up on my blog. Then we turned off the lights and went to bed.