Wednesday - June 7, 2006

We have electricity! The electric company sent linemen out to take out the old breaker box and put in a new digital one that can be read from the station - no more meter guys! The previous owner had electrical supply here, but it was a simply hunting camp so there was an outlet attached to a tree to run his camper and a big bug light. The bug light housing rotted to nothing and the tree has grown around the pole the previous owner installed where the bug light used to hang.















Installing the breaker box.














Pa was fascinated by the come-along winch used to raise the transformer.
















Raising the transformer.














Connecting the transformer.














Using the "hot stick" to turn the 7000 volts back on.


Later that afternoon we went down to the lake to check the eagles and see if the babies were ready to learn to fly. Imagine our surprise - Mama and Papa Eagle were in a snag keeping an eye on one of the babies sitting behind them. The baby was obviously nervous and afraid to fly off the snag he'd managed to wing to in the first place!













Papa and Mama Eagle share a snag...keeping an eye on the Baby Eagle on the snag behind them.














Baby Eagle blends so well you can barely see him on the snag. He is flapping his wings - that brownish blur in the crook of the snag is the baby.




Pa took a picture of the primroses near the lake where the eagles live.