The Salmon River

I wish I could take credit for the picture above but I stole it from the Internet. 
It is right here on the river though, and I also wish we could have seen it like that, but we were at Joseph Plains when the colors were at their best.

It looks more like this right now, not a leaf left, but in the right light it's still beautiful:

While walking through those hills above and alongside the river one morning, I heard a bird singing. 
Something rather unusual in the fall, and it took me quite a while before I could locate it, as it blended in perfectly with it's surroundings:

It was this pretty little Song Sparrow.

I guess its not really bothered by those huge thorns!

We're still not completely set up, the sewer-hose still needs a little adjusting in covering it up, but the water-hose is snugly wrapped.

Both hoses have a heating cord taped along the side that will (hopefully) keep them from freezing: 

The water: 

              

And the sewer ...

 

James worked on winterizing part of the shop to use as a coffee and lunch room for 'the guys'. It's now insulated and heated and has a small fridge and coffee machine.

                   

He has also been spending quite a lot of time behind the computer. He had to organize a crew, order a porta-potty, set up appointments to get a septic tank installed, a well dug, concrete poured and temporary electric hooked up, and has started to order some materials.

 

But he's having some fun too ... see, that's him going by my window there!

 

A guy and his toys ..

They're working on a new gate

 

We've got several of these machines around and they're sure handy  to dig big holes or move dirt or lift heavy things .. or knock down trees!

  

 

The way the RV is angled I have a very good view of all the comings and goings of anybody driving up.
The side windows, where I sit when on the computer, look out on the driveway and the back windows on the barn/shop and the parking area.

Nothing can sneak by me!

In the meantime, I'm totally enjoying my time off!

Things got pretty hectic in the end at Joseph Plains, and than we immediately went on our trip, which is always a busy adventure as well so it's wonderful to have some peace and quite again.

And since we're now going to stay put for a while, and also have paid of all our debts to everybody who'd helped us during our 'truck-disaster', I can finally order some 'stuff' that I've had my eye on for quite a while. So I went on a little shopping spree.

Call it an early Christmas!

One of them being this ingenious new invention, a Crisplid for my Instant Pot, which turns it into an air fryer as well!
It's now a crock-pot, a pressure-cooker and an air-fryer, all-in-one, saving a ton of space as well as money .. 
This afternoon I tried my (first) hand at a rather unusual use of an air-fryer, I made a crispy banana bread.

It came out fairly well, although the bottom was a little under-baked. Trial and error, I guess.
It tasted OK though, especially those crispy walnuts on top!

I'm a happy camper!

I also managed to snatch up a decently priced replacement pump for our sleep number bed (that we fried in Newberg) on ebay, so that will be coming in next week, also a coffeepot (for the crew) and (plastic) mugs, as well as a curtain (plus rod) for the entrance (to keep out the cold), a new calendar for 2020, cleaner and conditioner for the RV, a donut pan (ha!), an extendable and magnifying make-up mirror (can't see things anymore), a mug (we're down to 2) and an eggwich maker (don't ask).

Yoohoo! I'm on a roll!