I can’t believe it, but we made it home. It was an eventful journey but we all made it. Davis banged up, bruised, scraped, and sunburn. The trailer with a nice Latter-day scrape along the right side, a broken window, and a major tire blip. But neither worse for wear.
It’s exciting to be back and show off the trailer. The one person that understood my almost immediate connection with the trailer and it’s energy was Lewis DeSoto. Go figure the car guy is able to relate to what I’m talking about when I explain how I feel in the trailer. I haven’t even unpacked my things from the trip, I’m just leaving things where they are.
It will force me to go into the caravan at least once a day.
I'm WAY behind the Bee Ball. As soon as we arrived home the calls started coming in for bee jobs. One in particular was Matt Stegman. I had promised Matt I would pick up a wine barrel full of bees for about a week before I left, then stalled him for the 10 days I was gone. Great guy- not only did he put up with my T minus A (talk minus action) he even had home-made sushi waiting when I first arrived to check out the bees. I was a little nervous he obviously was really into fish with 2 or 3 salt water tanks in his house and a koi pond in the backyard. He said it was a "special sashimi" but all I could think about were all the fish around me, could what I was grubbing on possibly have been getting it’s bubbling on just before I arrived? The sushi was unusually fresh. Matt had an interesting story on why he wanted me to take his bees. He got stung while hosting a party and went into anaphylactic shock. No kidding, right there with his guests and all. He told me his ears started to tingle first then his lips got all flappy. Luckily he huffed a hit or two off his inhaler which may have saved his life according to the Queen of the Valley Hospital ER. I left him protective gear to plug the bung hole and I borrowed my brother’s big red truck to pick them up the following morning. Matt’s wife just happened to be Meg’s younger brother’s kindergarten teacher in St. Helena. Interesting how you make those connections – it’s a small valley.
Matt's awesome, not only has he called me numerous times to see about his bees but has also forwarded me video for you guys to see the bees in action. Check out Matt's chalk drawing as an homage to his bees.
See, I thought I love bees. This guy REALLY loves his bees.
I told Matt he could come visit his barrel of bees at my place anytime.
Back of my trailer - Front of my house
Front of my trailer - Back of my car
Bees in barrel in front of Matt's house
Side of the bee barrel - Back of my brother's big red truck
Bee barrel on dolly in back of the truck
Coming & Going
Matt's bees far away (sort of)
Matt's bees up-close
Matt's bees as he remembers them
how's it going Rob... i was very excited to see the inner workings of the barrel..if you have any id like to see any more pics you may have...thanks again for bee-ing the step-father or is it foster parent...of my little colony of buzzers..i know they are in good hands!
matt
Posted by: matt | July 23, 2008 at 04:24 PM