30 Tuesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, boat, cliffs, family, fun, jumping, perspective, water, widow
a few days ago I put up a picture of the boys jumping from the cliffs that we had walked to…
today we rode over to the cliffs in the boat and I got more pictures to show the actual height…
all of the boys had fun jumping;-)…
29 Monday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, boat, camping, family, flowers, memories, moments, moss, nature, tree, widow
woke up at 6 to pouring rain… by 8 it was done and the sun came out, although it was windy… we spent the day on the water…
early morning water drops on the boat…
throughout the day we spotted many geese, a pileated woodpecker, two deer and a fawn, an eagle, maybe an American Three-Toed woodpecker, and one very large Jack fish which my son-in-law caught…
bacon, eggs and hash browns for breakfast and steak, baked potatoes and onions, with mushrooms for dinner… pretty fine eats;-)…
cool temperature-wise but a great day;-)…
the flowers were at the dock… the moss covered tree is at the campsite…
11 Thursday Jul 2019
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adventure, big girl pants, boat, camping, camping 2019, day 5, fish, fishing, small-mouth bass, time with family, widow
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…
09 Tuesday Jul 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, boat, camping 2019, camping day 3, family, fishing, memories, Nutimik, rain, sturgeon, weather, widow
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;-)…
08 Monday Jul 2019
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adventure, bbq steak, big girl pants, boat, camping, camping 2019, Day 2, dinner, family, fishing, pickerel, rain, thunderstorm, widow
another day has gone by…
up early-ish so that we could get in some fishing before the rain was supposed to arrive…
I sat patiently waiting for pickerel… sadly they didn’t want to play with me today…
the boys swam and there was some fancy kneeboarding…
we had an adventure going through a narrow section of the lake and found a new fishing spot with friends, but it was fairly windy so not much success… I did get to watch an eagle dive and rise up with a fish…
we headed back across the lake and while we were sitting out on the water the skies opened up… amazing how quickly the boys were able to get the cover on the boat and all fastened down… and of course, that is when the rain stopped, lol…
sky was looking mighty fierce though and when the thunder and lightning started up we headed for home…
poured for quite a while so there was reading and napping and phone games and board games in the camper…
rain stopped and we made a lovely dinner of bbq steak with baked potatoes, fried mushrooms and salad…
cleaned everything up and now one has gone fishing off the rocks with a friend, and the other two have gone to visit another site…
I am quietly drinking tea and reading… how lovely;-)…
07 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, boat, camping, Camping 2019 Day 1, family, family fun, fishing, making memories, Nutimik, pelicans, seasonal, water sports, widow
had such fun today…
the boys picked me up around ten and we headed out to Nutimik Lake… the trailer is in Blueberry Hill Campground, which is one of the seasonal sites…
we unpacked in a flash, and got the boat ready and into the water… I adore being on the boat, and enjoy every single moment…
we fished… a lot… but only the daddy caught anything – a single Jack…
we snacked, the boys swam, saw eagles and pelicans, of which I got a few shots…
there was swimming and kneeboarding…
the family get the boat into and out of the water like pros… I even got to practice my driving for a few minutes…
back to the campsite for a short rest and then supper… hot dogs over the fire, with homemade potato salad;-)…
great start to our time here…
01 Tuesday Jan 2019
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for the last four or five years one of my first acts of the New Year has been to change my Chihuly calendar from the last year to the coming one…
when I went to change it this morning and turned up the last page of the 2018 calendar it was a lovely photo of a Float Boat… I love the circular shapes and gorgeous colours and was sad that I wouldn’t see them…
when I opened up the 2019 calendar the first photo was of Mille Fiore… lovely blues and purples… the calendars have a few months before January and a few after December…
the January picture was all clear and didn’t make me at all excited…
so I changed it… cut the photo out and put it over the clear pic, lol..
I am pleased with the final product…
later in the afternoon I spent some time in the hot tub and thought of the various places I have seen Float Boats… the first place was at Chihuly Gardens and Glass in 2013 with my daughter and son-in-law when they were living on Vancouver Island…
I’ve also seen lots of photos in books on Chihuly…
and my favourite was from our visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2016…
lovely memories…
18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, boat, BOATsmart, daughter, exam, mail, moments, skills, son-in-law, studying, water, widow
was so excited yesterday with the mail…
in it was my BOATsmart licence;-)… I worked hard the last week of August to get it after my daughter sent me the link…
when we went camping on the long weekend it was great fun to let my son-in-law know that I had passed the exam…
now for the real life practice…
looking forward to next summer as I work on my boating skills;-)…
19 Sunday Aug 2018
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final day of our camping trip…
packed up the camper and dropped it in the parking lot by the beach… then we went boating and enjoyed some beach time…
friends came out from the city to spend a few hours on the boat and there was tubing, including someone getting a foot in the face which is going to turn into a black eye, lol…
got the boat out of the water, had our last meal together at the Falcon’s Nest Cafe, hooked up the camper and drove on down the road…
a great time… took a few photos of the various groups that made up the ten days…
my daughter, two younger grandsons, the dog and I… then my son-in-law, grandsons, the dog and I… finally all of us together;-)… this slightly crazy picture as the youngest was putting on his shirt and everyone was talking at the same time was an example of our time together, lol…
18 Saturday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, birthday, boat, campfire, camping, day nine, family, neighbours, tubing, widow
long night with very noisy camper neighbours…
had a big breakfast and then packed up for a family birthday party on the beach…
we went from smoky skies with the sun behind the haze to it peeking out through clouds…
the afternoon was filled with eating, tubing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, visiting and tanning…
today my daughter and son-in-law had fun on the wakeboard… my son-in-law also played on the kneeboard while my daughter drove the boat… he doesn’t get to do this often, but he still puts everyone else to shame with his skills, lol…
back to the campsite for steak and shrimp dinner and then a fire with lots of family guests…
many of these folks have camped in this area for thirty years… when they move around the campground they often come across others they have camped with when they were young…
