The Travels of the Agnew Family

Not sure why, but the man who owned the house before us used spruce instead of pressure treated wood to build the frame of the deck. As you can see it has started rotting. Time for a new deck.


After a lot of research, Ed decided to build the frame of the new deck out of pressure treated lumber and use cedar for the actual deck boards.


The "finicky" engineer came out in Ed. Everything is square and perfectly level.


The structure is all done .... think the deck may outlast the house.


The deck is done .....


and it works. Zaph isn't real sure about sitting or standing on the deck. Zaph stands on the concrete and barks when he wants to go into the house. When the door is opened then he climbs the stairs.


We arrived in Monetville at our friends home shortly after 5pm. They have a beautiful home that they built themselves that looks out on a bay. The house faces just the right direction to see amazing sunsets.

We went north to visit our friends and to ride our ATVs. There's a lot of crown land near their home that people ride on.



The first day of riding there were eight machines and nine people. It's always fun to go in a group.


I believe this spot is called Lost Lake. There are several cottages in the area. As we road in on ATVs and a rough road I was surprised to see a few vehicles had driven in. I was told that some of the cottagers come in by boat. Given the road that made more sense than driving to me.


Kids and dogs having fun on a perfect summer day.


Margaret thought a cook out would be fun and she was right. The guys built a fire so we could cook the hamburgs, hot dogs and sausages.

We road about a 100 km, so we were all tired at the end of the ride. Unanimously, it was decided to take a day off from riding.
The second day of riding was much shorter but the terrain was much rougher ... lots of rocks, hills, and mud.


A pretty spot where we stopped for lunch.


Fran, an amazing 77 year old, managed to get herself out of the mud.

On our "rest" day, Margaret helped me (OK she did all the work and I watched) change a shower curtain into a set of cafe curtains for my mother's bathroom window. Margaret did an amazing job (and enjoyed doing it), I was happy that I didn't have to stress out trying to do the sewing and my mother was very happy with the end results. It was a win-win-win.


This is the curtain hanging in my mother's bathroom. I stalled it so I did do some of the work.