Sunday 7 July
We woke up to Larry ‘buzzing the cabin’ with him and Robbie in the cub. Ross drove the quad out to the airstrip to pick up a ‘spatula’ and some life jackets for when we go canoeing. We made pancakes with chocolate sauce, strawberries, maple syrup, and our favourite lemon and sugar. We listened to a podcast of Church at CauseWay and chilled out. We played ‘double solitaire’ that Larry taught us and Ross and Chris were the first to get to 100 points and then Danika and Tayla were the first to 200 points, so they won. We recreated photos that we had from 1996 with Chris cutting Ross’s hair in front of the cabin and us shooting a rifle from the log cabin window. We started watching “Fast and Furious” and we got a text from Larry telling us to only use the generator for water as with the generator running, the shed becomes really hot and with the tinder dry conditions, again a potential fire hazard. He also warned us to drive slowly on the quads as they don’t have spark arrestors, and could also cause a fire. Then we started to get emergency alerts about the fires, coming through on our phones. We made the decision to cook dinner, pack up and leave the cabin after dinner as we didn’t want to be a fire risk. Larry then decided to come out to the cabin to help us pack up and to clear a path to Wiggle Creek and Kelly Lake to improve access to water in case they needed it to protect the cabin from fire. We had chicken, corn and bread for dinner with watermelon for dessert. We then travelled in convey back home. When we got back Robin was shifting the sprinklers and wetting down the perimeter around the property. It was really smokey. We went for a drive down to the airport to see the helicopters but they had stopped working but ended up talking with a friend of Larry’s. The plumes of smoke were growing. We are looking at going on an overnight trip to Hatchers Pass tomorrow.
