July 1: Heavy rain showers last night and again this am. Got a lot of the front yard weedwacked and did some work on the lower pond. Our hikers called and are at Coleman State Park. We have to bring their car down to the Balsams either today or tomorrow. The kids are going to start coming up tomorrow and Sat. and we still have a lot of work to finish up.

July 2: Again with rain off and on all day. Went to Dixville and dropped off the hiker's car. Then went to Colebrook and picked up the hiking guides. Sold all 50 of them already. We also put some more signs up on the Falls in the River Trail and the Moose Alley Trail. The trails are getting heavy use! Mowed for the town yesterday in between rain drops. Will have to finish up today. Some of the kids will start showing up today. The rest are due up tomorrow. Boots and Paddles were out all night.

July 3: Well, here it is, the 4th of July weekend. The weather is suppose to be real nice. 80s and sunny!! Everyone is heading up this morning. Looking forward to seeing them all. Dean and Heidi are up and so are Mo and Barbara. Got most of the work down around here. Will finish up this am. Boots and Paddles spent the night out again! They are asking for trouble.

July 4, 5 & 6: A very weekend. We had 30 kids and adults down in the campground. It was a great time and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We went hiking, to the fireworks, the kid's fishing derby and a whole lot more. The temps were quite hot yesterday though. 90s!!! Looks like it is going to be like that all week.

July 7: Took Ray and Joan to the Idlewilde Trail head so they could hike to Magalloway Rd. It was Ray's birthday (79) Spent the evening with them down at Robie's Cabins. Lainie mowed from Young's to about 2/3s of the Lake Francis Trail. It was very hot and humid. Looks like more of the same for today. I have to go down to the Mill St. substation and meet electrician at 8 am. The pumps there are blowing fuzes. Paddles finally came home after 3 nights.

July 8: Very hot and humid. Did some mowing early on than did some light work around the yard. Met with Grant Killian concerning the Untamed New England Race coming up next month Went over work to be done on the Cohos Trail and the race itself. It is going to be quite interesting to see. There are about 45 4 man teams. The top 3 qualify for a big event in Spain. If any one is interested, the race starts on August 12th.

July 9: Another hot and humid day. I mowed and weedwacked for the town while Lainie worked on the Round Pond Brook Trail. I am officially in charge of the town sewer dept as of today. Have a lot to learn!!!! big bull moose in Mo's field the other night. Took a ride up into Stub last night. Saw one bull and one deer.

July 10: Another hot and humid day. Finished mowing for the town and took care of work at the sewer dept. Bob and Julia were over last night. It's always great to have them over. Going out to breakfast with them this am. Getting some much needed showers this morning. Hopefully, it will cool things off!!

July 11: Cooler but muggy. Had breakfast with Bob and Julia down at Dube's. Then we put new signs up on the Moose Alley Trail. We went out in the afternoon and finished cleaning up the Indian Stream Canyon Trail. We went down and played tennis in the evening then stopped in to see Mo and Barbara. While we were there, Rick and Jean gave us a whole bunch of squash.

July 12: Everyone has now gone home. Just heard that Loonatic will be up for a couple of weeks beginning Friday. Also, some friends we haven't seen in awhile want to stay in the campground. (Gail and Betty) Filled in the potholes on the lower road last night. We are meeting with Grant Killian today about some trail work by the Untamed New England Crew. Temperatures are still quite warm for up here and the deer flies are thicker than we have ever seen them.

July 13: John Wetherbee and his brother are up to do some fishing. The weather is still hot. Got the new belt on the lawn mower. Still need to get the drive belt on the other mower. Went to the selectmen's meeting with Grant so he can let them know about the extreme race coming up. We also were out on the trail with him so he could GPS and take pictures of the location of the trail work they will do during the race. Lainie built a bench and we put it in place up at 2nd Lake Dam. Will have to go down at around 8am and manually run the pump at the Bacon Road substation again this am. We weren't able to fix the fuze blowing problem. Try again sometime today.

July 14: Well, here we are in the middle of July. Still have to manually pump the Bacon Road station. The electrician can't get there till Tuesday am. Cloudy and comfortable this am. Doesn't look like our truck will pass inspection without a lot of work this year, so we are headed to Berlin to see if we can get something else. Our credit is not good so getting financing is proving to be rough. The sewer dept's tractor is due back tomorrow so I can finally get to finishing up the bushhogging. I also have to stain the building at the town wells now.

July 15: Heavy rain showers off and on all afternoon yesterday. Well, we got rid of the chevy and now have an 03 Ford Expedition. Haven't had a vehicle payment since 2001!!! Working the Round Pond Brook Trail with our pastor today. It's suppose to be a nice day. Looking forward to seeing Loonatic and Carol and Bob. Hope the weather holds up for them.

July 16 and 17: We were off and running early yesterday am. Went down to Bethlehem to work with Brad's Tree Service. Haven't worked with Brad for a while. Mr and Mrs. Loonatic are in Pittsburg. It's always a pleasure to have them up. Hope to be able to do some canoeing with them. Looks like the weather will be nice for them. Just had a coyote in the front yard. He didn't stick around long enough to get shot!!! Paddles is still out!

July 16 and 17: We were off and running early yesterday am. Went down to Bethlehem to work with Brad's Tree Service. Haven't worked with Brad for a while. Mr and Mrs. Loonatic are in Pittsburg. It's always a pleasure to have them up. Hope to be able to do some canoeing with them. Looks like the weather will be nice for them. Just had a coyote in the front yard. He didn't stick around long enough to get shot!!! Paddles is still out!

July 18 and 19: Got up late yesterday so this didn't get done!!! Saw Loonatic and wife yesterday evening. Bob and Carol are up. The Mouseau's were up for the weekend but have now gone home. Gail and Betty should be up tomorrow. Lainie worked the trail on Sat while I bushhogged the town farm and the town wells. Will probably bush hog the Indian Stream solid waste area today. Have two meetings tonight with the selectmen. One about my new duties as sewer dept head and the other is the safety committee meeting

July 20: Cloudy this am, but comfortable temps. Got soaked when bush hogging the Indian Stream Lagoon. It decided to downpour while I was out there!! Hopefully we can get the Bacon Rd substation fixed today. Gail and Betty are due in today sometime.

July 21: Heavy down pour in the afternoon. Other than that, it was nice and pleasant. Gail and Betty are here and seem to be enjoying themselves. Fixed the problem down to the Bacon Rd substation. Needed to replace three floats. They were apparently shorting out. Took a ride up into Big Brook area last evening and saw a good size coyote. Lainie saw two moose in the door yard!!

July 22: Not a bad day overall. Poured last through out the night. Hope Gail and Betty stayed dry in the campground!! Lainie went out and did a lot of trail work while I worked on building a walkway to cross a portion of the sludge pond at the Indian Stream lagoons. The selectmen wanted me to replace the one there that doesn't have railings on it. Will probably end up painting and mowing for the town today. All the puddies have been in at night for the last couple of nights. I wonder if there is still life in PA?

July 23 & 24: Light rain this am. Boots and Paddles were out all night. Took a trip to Gorham yesterday to get some work done on the Expedition. Turned out to be the rear ending leaking. They fixed it at no charge. It's been awful quiet on the forum. Must be the heat? Gail and Betty have headed back home after four days in the campground.

July 25: Not a bad day. It got real muggy towards the end of the day though. Picked up a small trailer for the cohos trail. It needs work, but is the perfect size. Also got the riding mower for the trail back together. Put up a sign on the Maccini end of the the Round Pond Brook Trail. Cool and cloudy this am. Temps are a welcome relief.

July 26: Muggy day! Saw some rain in the afternoon. Worked the trail in the early evening from Cream Poke Road to Coleman State Park. Prior to that we did some mowing in the yard. Overall, a pretty boring day!

July 27: Pretty nice day today. Went up to Lakeview Estates and put the trail in across through Duhaime's land. Will go back today and try to get the trail into Paul Bergeron's. That will open up the trail from Young's Store all the way into Ramblewood Campground! Took a ride up into Perry Stream last night. They are currently grading the road and doing a nice job. Saw 1 deer and nothing else!!

July 28: Another nice day. Worked on the section of trail between Duhaime and Guimmonds in Lakevew Estates. Will get it cut through Guimmonds into Ramblewoods today. I then went down and read meters and painted the Bacon Rd substation while Lainie mowed from Young's to nearly out to the 6 mile view on the Lake Francis Trail. All putties were out last night.

July 29: Worked on the new Cohos Trailer all day. Put in new floor and side rails. Lainie is in the process of painting it. EH stopped in to borrow the Cohos weedwhacker and pick up some blazes for the Dixville area. Light rain last night. PeeWee and Paddles spent the night out but are back in now.

July 30: Heavy downpour in the am. Started painting the reservoir building for the town but rain out of paint. Will take a couple of more gallons. Mowed in the afternoon while Lainie worked on the bungalow. Took a ride up the Deadwater Rd over to Magalloway. Saw absolutely nothing!!! Boots and Paddles were out all nite!!!!!!

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