Martin and Suzanne Blyte come to visit.

Thursday, August 16th continued.

So while Ray and Judy were visiting, today the installation of our ductless heat pumps in the two upstairs bedrooms began. So again, people running around the house. This will be a two day process. Meanwhile it was changing bed time to prepare for our next weekend guests.

By Friday at 3:30 the heat pumps were up and running. Beautiful. So nice to be able to get the heat out of those rooms.

And voila ... heat pump installed.

Also on the HVAC guys list was to close off the duct in the foyer as they were useless. These holes will be drywalled over when we have the construction crew in here later this fall. (They sent the tallest crew member up the 24' ladder).

Saturday morning was pretty clear of smoke but it started to move in more in the afternoon. Here is the view of the lake from the dock this morning. Never get tired of the view.

Our friends Martin and Suzanne arrived about 1 pm and we all went out for lunch at Jakes at the Lake. Thanks for lunch guys. Once we were back it was time for some lake time. Too hot on the dock so we retired to our beach again. Both Martin and Suzanne went for a little paddle in the kayak. Ray and Martin worked together at Sproat Lake and Log Supply and met over 19 years ago. He often came to our campsite at Macktush for the weekend to go fishing with Ray. Camping was not Suzanne's thing but she did come to our parties at the house. :)

Drinking Ray's famous Margaritas

You can see how hazy the sky is.

And Suzanne is off!

Ray asked Martin if they'd eaten "Pork Belly" the last time he was here, which they hadn't, so of course that's on the menu tonight. Turned out beautifully. Love that InstantPot. We left the beach around 4pm so I could start dinner so we retired to the deck.

Martin did not like the last side view picture I took of him a month ago so now he "suck's it in or covers it up. lol

Dinner was ready with the help of Suzanne around 6 pm.

Suzanne helping me.

Smile Martin

Can't you see I'm eating!

After dinner we served dessert outside on the sundeck. Still pretty warm out.

After a few more hours on the deck, Ray and I retired, Martin too, but we set up Suzanne in the loft with the TV up there. A lovely day.

Sunday morning, Ray and I were up followed shortly by Martin by 6:30 am. Suzanne stumbled down around 8am. After I served up a breakfast of bacon and french toast it was time to go for a boat ride. It was much smokier this morning and continued all day getting thicker.

These two have spent many an hour doing just this! Chasing fish.

After I fed everyone pulled pork sandwiches for lunch it was time for them to head back home to French Creek. A fabulous visit. See you again soon hopefully.