2/17-18/17 I went up to Camp Serendipity for 2 days: Friday and Saturday.

I delayed my trip a few days so I could do some writing and also because I planned to host a group of Venture Scouts over the weekend. I helped Paula with some math questions before I left and I arrived at Camp Serendipity at 1:08.

I was happy to find that the driveway was nicely plowed and the lanes were quite a bit wider. I hauled my gear up to the cabin, hoisted the flag, and then called Mike and left a message thanking him for a job well done on my driveway. I shoveled what little snow there was on the steps and then moved the truck all the way up to the hairpin turn. I wanted to leave plenty of parking options for the Venture Crew when they arrived the next morning.

After lunch and a nap, I built a fire in the stove and then did some work rasping a seat on the underside of the porch stair rail to mate with the bracket.

On Saturday I woke up at 3:00 and couldn't go back to sleep. I did a lot of thinking about my writing and about the scout visit. I finally got up at 5:00.

After building a fire in the stove, hoisting the flag, and having my breakfast, I sat down and did some writing on paper instead of just in my head. Then I took a nap.

When I got up, I put a bunch of tools and other stuff away, and then vacuumed the place upstairs and down. I got a call from the Venture Crew saying that they would be a little late so I had my lunch.

The Crew showed up at about 1:00 in two cars. There were three adult leaders and six boys and girls. They moved their gear into the cabin and ate their sack lunches. Then at about 2:00, one carload of them went to Leavenworth and the other carload went skiing at Stevens Pass. I relaxed, did some more writing, took a nice shower, and worked on the jigsaw puzzle. I am 46% done with the 5,000-piece puzzle.

The Crew returned around 9:00, cooked and served dinner, and then we all went to bed by about 11:00.