For the Hunters - 2010 at the Sand Castle

I went up to the SC on Friday to drop off and pick up.  I noticed that the glazing around the front window was falling out like that back window, so I did some silcone calking around that glass.  Hopefully it holds.

Gus will take the extra fireplace rock to sell at the Pawn Gallery.  I'll try to get up there to grab it one of these nice days and tote it over to Luck.  I took the compressor that was up there and will deliver that to Gus as well.  Maybe when you are all up there, you can chat with Gus about which of the rest of the power tools are his, if he would take those home, we'll have a better idea of what the Sand Castle owns.

For those who knew about the tile, I am taking it back to Menards.  No rush on that, and I think a larger tile is the way to go anyway.

Maybe this is weird, but I put a plastic grocery bag over the toilet seat & lid in the outhouse to keep the moisture from the pit from growing mold and yukky stuff on the seat/lid.  It seems to work.

Gus has a couple of big gates from his gravel pit.  He wondered if we wanted to put them up at the Sand Castle.  Since we just paid to be plowed all winter, I did not think that would work too well.  If you disagree, you can talk about it at hunting.  I'm sure it would not get done until Spring anyway.

I also did an inventory, I thought it might help you know what to bring for the hunting season.

Sand Castle Inventory on 10/22/2010:

Water:  2.5 of the 10 gallon silos.
Propane for grill:  No clue
Gasoline: about 2 gallons

Paper Cupboard

Foil- 2 partial rolls
TP - 24 plus rolls
Paper Towels -  6 + rolls
Kleenex - 3 part boxes
Red cups - 30+
Styro bowls - 50+
Smaller plastic cups - 440, I am not kidding!
Plastic Silverware- quite a bit in a zip loc bag
Blender - 1
Chinet plates - 72 lunch; 12 dinners
Zip locs bags - 35 QT; 15 GAL
Kitchen Bags - 72 + (for the recycle bins)
55 Gallon Trash Bags - 30+
Kitchen Sponges - 3 new

Food Cabinet

Flour - 5 lbs +
Sugar - plenty
Krusteaz Blueberry Pancake mix add water only - 1/4 box or less
Coffee - 2 lbs +

Coffee Filters - many

Coffee foo foo cream - just a coupleAunt Jemima Lite - 24 oz full
Veg oil - 32 oz full & partial

Salt shaker, Pepper shaker and a few spices.

Pasta Noodles - 2 partial boxes, who knows how old

Ibuprofen:  some

Tums:  probably not enough

Shore Lunch:  In case you decide to fish instead of hunt

Dishes cupboard

Disp Tupperware - 3 QT squares

Plates:  8 large, 8 med, 8 small (Corelle) - sorry whoever supplied the black set, it went to Goodwill

Silverware:  There is a bag of plastic, but also this real stuff.  (I put it all into this tray with cover now, protect it from the flies.  And rearranged so you can easily pull this tray out of the cupboard to get to the silver.)

Nice and dry under the tarp.

Firewood:  quanitity = nice pile, plus a small pile on the ground next to the door off the deck.

You can butcher your deer on the table as long as you clean it up again.

Coffee Maker - 1

Playing cards, poker chips, cribbage board.

Table, folding chairs, 4 metal bar stools down and about 8 wooden ones in the upstairs.  Bring your own poker money.

Thanks to the old Barrens cabin who sent these hand-me-downs our way.  Valdemar made the woodbox, and he was chuckling about having never thought it landing up in Gordon!

Wood box and screen.  I put the kindling into the woodbox that was in a big plastic tub.  Maybe we can come up with something for paper / fire starting stuff other than a big tub too.  I think the screen looks nice and will serve as a reminder for toddlers and stumblers not to touch the stove.  It also works as a makeshift gate between the bedrooms and living room/kitchen, in case you have any reason to restrict access.

Hot shot no pest strip kills flying insects for 4 months?

Flies:  Too numerous to count.  I have never seen so many other than in a barn.  The fly strips in the window wells are full.  I hung this pest trip up using a magnet on the frying pan.  If it works, great.  I just hope it doesn't smell bad.  It should be hung elsewhere when the cabin is in use, a cup hook in the ceiling would be good.

If you were a deer, wouldn't this stretch of new poplars be a nice spot to hang out?

Deer:  Guess that's up to you hunters to do your own inventory.  One thing we don't have is a buck pole, so keep that in mind before you start shooting everything you see.

The Castle in October

Don't forget to bring your own towels and bedding and...oh yeah...beer.