No electricity!

Saturday morning and still no electricity.  After call East Central Electric we find out that there are over 13,000 customers without power and Hinckley is not even one of the worst hit areas.  They estimate at least 36 hours before power will be restored.

The little drinking water we bought at the store is not going to last us.  We need to be able to wash up and flush toilets, not to mention drink and cook.  We decided to drive our four wheelers to the shack and use the old fashioned hand pump to draw water for the next couple of days.

Clavin, Kyle, Laura, Imogene and I headed up with our four wheelers and trailers with water containers.  We had to stop and chainsaw through two different places in the road to get through.  It was hot and we were all tired from sawing and moving logs.  The mosquitoes and deer fly where thick!

We got the the shack and the pump drew water right away.  We took turns because it's hard work.  Man am I thankful for electricity and running water.  You never realize how much you use it until you don't have it!

Sarah pumping water.

Clavni and Kyle working on it as a team.

Getting ready for the next bucket.
Clavin, Kyle and Imogene

Even Imogene pumped for a while.

Laura working hard at the pump too.