13 Saturday Jul 2019
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quiet day by the pond…
had some lovely visitors…
maybe a purple finch couple;-)… they stayed for quite a while…
11 Thursday Jul 2019
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final day of camping was busy…
I woke up and sat outside for quite a while reading while the rest slept… the view out the window was beautiful… the campfire was still smoking from the night before…
and then took a walk with my son-in-law to check out the beach and the area around it…
on our way back to the campsite we watched a red fox cross the road in front of us… what a treat…
then it was off in the boat to fish… pulled up this odd looking drop along with some reeds, lol... finally I caught a fish… we got a small-mouth bass into the net, but due to a little issue with lines, we lost it before getting an official photo… the one in this photo my son-in-law caught a few minutes later… it is slightly bigger… but I did get to hold it…
the final fish of the day was another one for the daddy… a Jack…
then on to some tubing, swimming and back to the campsite… farewell to a wonderful time…
cleaned up the site, packed up the truck and headed home…
what a great time… besides spending time with my family, being on the boat is my absolute favourite…
10 Wednesday Jul 2019
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well, the excitement carried on last night… as we were getting ready for bed we almost walked into the kitchen tent where a skunk had taken up residence… we hadn’t taken out the garbage;-)…
it had started raining at 3 pm yesterday afternoon and it didn’t stop until 7:30 this morning… soggy…
I was a bit tentative about going into the tent to make tea when I got up,lol… happily it was gone… I spent the next half hour cleaning up the garbage that was strewn all over…
when everyone else got up we had a lovely breakfast and packed our snack bag before heading down to the boat launch…
we prepped our minnows ahead of time… apparently they should be dried out with salt…
we took a friend of the boys’ and had a great time…
only caught two fish but lots of fun was had… at the end we were fishing from the front of the boat and swimming from the back, lol…
once back at our site, everyone played a game on one of their phones;-)… very unusual as the normal pattern is for everyone to play on their own device…
fun to watch…
supper and a campfire and then early to bed as there were no naps today…
09 Tuesday Jul 2019
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well, the weather has not been particularly cooperative, sigh…
it was a bit overcast when we first got up but we decided to head out as it wasn’t raining…. kept the cover half on so we’d be ready if the rain came, lol…
saw a loon as we were leaving the bay… caught a few fish… sadly, not me… also saw a three-foot sturgeon swim beside us;-)…
spent about four hours on the water before it started to spit… the scenery is beautiful…
came back to the campsite and had a picnic under the canopy…
then there were naps and more games… supper was tacos in a bag… perfect easy prep on a rainy evening…
back inside for the evening… some are watching a movie on a phone and others playing games…
wishing for sunshine tomorrow;-)…
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