There are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.

We unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...

Nick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!

After a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.