The Great Rhubarb Hunt

Yesterday when we were visiting with Pam, I gave her a jar of the Rhubarb Strawberry Jam that Dad and I made as a little gift.  She told us that she and her friend had gone on one of their infamous walks on an old homestead out of town and they found an old rhubarb plant that was still producing.  She had picked some of the rhubarb and brought it home and cooked it up.  She said she thinks she put too much liquid in it because it turned out pretty watery.  So then she proceeded to ask us a ton of questions regarding rhubarb and its growth and preparation.  We made the decision to go out to the homestead and see if we could find the rhubarb plant, dig it up and bring it back to their house and replant it.

But first we had to find an AT&T store to have Mike's phone fixed.  He was trying to set up a password on his phone so if he loses it or it gets stolen, the person cannot access his phone.  Well, as he was trying to do this he proceeded to lock himself out of the phone.  So he called AT&T from my phone and found out that now he has to go to an AT&T store for them to replace the SD card.  Fun!  We found the AT&T store and it took the guy about 2 minutes to fix Mike's phone. Phew!  Now we can proceed on.

Today is the day of the Great Rhubarb Hunt.  It rained pretty good yesterday so we are sure that we will be running into some muddy dirt roads along the way.  So we got a bucket to put the plant in if we find it, a shovel to dig it up, and a sheet of plastic to line the trunk of her car to try and minimize as much dirt mess as possible.  Off we go!

Pam thought she remembered exactly where the homestead was, but as we were driving she started to question her memory.  Not to worry, she drove right up to the spot where we were then able to hike into the property.  It is such beautiful country.  Can really see why she enjoys her walks.  Not too far into the homestead property we found the rhubarb plant all alone and lonely.  So Mike dug it up with a lot of the original dirt around the root ball. We lifted the heavy thing into the bucket and headed back to the car.  Oh joy, we get to go slip sliding through the muddy road again.

Yup, this is Pam standing beside what used to be her immaculately clean car.  This is what happens when you drive out into the country after it has rained. Oh well, we had a blast.

Pam decided where she wanted to plant the rhubarb plant in her yard and Mike dug the hole and we planted it.  Now all she has to do is wait for it to grow and she can start harvesting some tasty awesomeness.

We had such a nice day just going around doing a little shopping for Mike and a little fabric shopping for me.  Then we decided to go to dinner at the Pizza Ranch.  Wow!  That was a mistake!  The food is so delicious and of course it's a buffet.  When you are dieting it is NOT a good idea to go to dinner at an all you can eat pizza and dessert buffet.  Needless to say, we all overate and then came back to the Perry house to sit and moan and groan about how full we were.

We hit the road again in the morning heading west to Washington.