Our guests left - they washed all the sheets, which was nice. No wonder those women were grumpy - it was not much of a vacation from housework for them. I have a sign on the the washing machine in there telling people not to do the laundry, just put the dirty sheets in the basket and I will wash them, but many of them ignore it.

Tomorrow a young lady and her mother and 6 year old dog are coming for one night and then Mr. Troutbend's cousin-in-law and his hiking buddies come for 5 days. I hope they bring lots of beer to share. They have a website: Two Fat Guys Hiking or something like that which chronicles their hikes to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and up various tall mountains.

Hot on their heels is a family from Nebraska, staying a week, who were here last year. It is nice to get return guests, especially ones who leave the place clean and don't let their kids wreck the yard.