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camping, day 7

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, boat, camping, camping day 7, charging station, electronics, family, fishing, Jackfish, quiet, widow

another sunshiny day although there were a number of clouds in the sky…

today we were on the boat again…

the little boys played on the tube a lot… they seem to stick to it like Velcro… 

we also did some fishing… after about two casts my son-in-law pulled in a Jackfish… 


not long after, that my daughter brought one in as well…


we didn’t keep them as this is not their best season, so they got tossed back into the lake…

we also perused another section of cottages on the lake… such fun to look at the variety along the shore and imagine who owns them and what the insides might look like… we especially like to see all the water toys along the docks, lol…

I love trolling as it is nearly the only time we move slowly on the water, lol… we found a section of the lake that is cottage free and beautiful to spend time in…

I was quite tired from all that water activity yesterday…

my son-in-law found wifi that we were able to purchase on a daily basis so we aren’t running around the campground trying to find a good enough signal to be able to post… today he also set up a charging station in my car… we have a lot of electronics that need charging, lol…

sitting in the campsite enjoying some quiet time as everyone else has gone fishing…

a beautiful setting for a great week of family fun…

fishing…

09 Sunday Aug 2015

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big girl pants, boat, campfire, family, fishing, hike, water pump

another lovely day camping…

sadly, last night the water pump went on the boat and we had to paddle for at least a couple of kilometres to get back to the dock…

  
actually a wonderful speed for me as you can see and hear everything as you travel… the sunset was stunning and we got a tow for the last couple of hundred yards… just before dusk set in…

  
ended the evening with s’mores on the campfire…

  
today we went for a hike and the little guys, daddy and I went fishing… first cast and the older one caught a good-sized Jack… while his daddy was filleting it, I caught a smaller one, but it jumped off at the dock… nothing for my son-in-law…

 

for our supper we had steak, lobster, lamb, baked potatoes, mushrooms, salad and Jackfish… we were celebrating the oldest who will turn 15 tomorrow…

 finishing our day with a swim at the beach…
 barely even missed the boat today…
what a wonderful time it has been… thinking about a campfire and sky filled with stars… 

boating…

08 Saturday Aug 2015

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big girl pants, boating, campfire, fishing

bit tired this morning because we were beside the people who partied till 2 in the morning:-(…

last night there was no internet service so I couldn’t post… this morning my daughter and I got our tea and coffee and walked down to the beach where the service was excellent… better late than never… on our way back my daughter removed the cover so the boat could finish drying out… was left uncovered before we came…

  
after breakfast we packed up and headed out in the boat for some fun with tubing, swimming and fishing…

saw two eagles flying by their nest on the other side of the lake… 

my son-in-law caught a big pickerel, got it onto the back of the boat where it broke the line and jumped back into the water, taking his lucky lure with it… we felt very bad for him…

  
drive the boat slowly for a few miles… then the middle grandson drove with his daddy’s help – much faster…

  
had a lovely dinner of campfire baked potatoes, chicken and corn on the cob all cooked over the fire…

we are now fishing again in lovely calm waters…

Highlights…

21 Monday Jan 2013

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claustrophobic, fishing, hot tub, jet skiing, most fun, pictures, PowerPoint, pretty fish, snorkeling, swimming, together, underground caves, woke up early

although I don’t go back to work until Wednesday, this morning I woke up at 6, which is pretty good, as yesterday it was 5 am…

yesterday when I got up, I went out and had a lovely hot tub…  we had missed the hot tub a lot because where we were the temperature of the hot tubs was 92 degrees, which is not hot…

I also spent some time with the 3000 pictures we took… the kids came by and we went out to stock the empty cupboards and find something to make for our supper…

Tavin and I, with help from Kyler, worked on a PowerPoint for his class and Crystal and I finished transferring pictures so that we each have all of them…  after they left I watched a bit of TV and went to bed…

don’t think I’ll go out for a hot tub this morning as it is currently -42 with the wind chill…

following everyone else...

following everyone through the caves…

Kyler was asking what was the most fun for me on the trip… I’ve been thinking about that quite a bit since the question and still can’t put my finger on just one thing… I did a few things that I wasn’t sure I would be able to… swimming in the underground caves, walking on the bottom of the ocean – both of which make me think I am not as claustrophobic as I previously thought…

walking on the bottom of the ocean...

walking on the bottom of the ocean…

while we were walking on the bottom, I was thinking of George and wondering if he would have done this… it would have been fun to do it together…

watching the kids on the rope walk...

watching the kids on the rope walk…

I also love spending time with my family in the outdoors, and particularly in and around water – snorkeling, swimming, playing in the pool, jet skiing, fishing…  what a fun time we had…

catching pretty little fish with gorgeous blue stripes...

catching pretty little fish with gorgeous blue stripes…

what a special seven days we had together…  everyone made wonderful memories… my kids truly are amazing beings…

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