The
temperatures today were much lower than they have been over the past week
with the highs reaching about 26C...much more tolerable than the mid to high
30's they had been. The air was still quite thick with smoke, with around 155 wildfires burning throughout the province.
After
our usual start to the day, we had breakfast and showers and then Steve went
outside to start working on his fishing gear. Ray came over and they discussed
what flies worked best on the lake...Ray learned a lot from an avid fisherman
who has been coming here for years. Instead of off-loading the boat, Steve
decided to pull out his chest waders and float tube.
A little later, we decided to go for a walk around the campground and take a few pictures...
There we are...way down there...that is Ray and Deb's motorcoach beside us...
Here we are...site 12...
Thank goodness there were some rounds of wood to use so that we could put the back stabilizers down...
We
sat relaxing in the shade overlooking the lake, chatting with Deb and Ray and
then just before 2:00 Steve and Ray decided it was time to head out on the
water in their fishing tubes.
Ray has a "Happy Scrapper" !
There's an old cabin next to the campground...
About
an hour later Ray was back...he had caught a two fish as well as had a number
of hits. Steve hadn't been quite so lucky though...so he persevered for another
half hour or so before coming in. He said he had had a few hits but it was
pretty slow for him. They plan on going back out later this evening after
dinner.
Steve
and I cooked dinner tonight and Deb served desert....and then the guys were in
a hurry to get back out fishing...it was 8:00 already!
Fishing was much better
for Steve tonight...5 and 3 for Ray and both had lots of
bites. Ray was back in shortly after 9:00 but Steve stayed out for another half
hour.
It
certainly had cooled down a lot tonight...both Deb and I had bundled up in our
sweats before sitting out in our chairs to resume our reading. It would have
been nice to warm up around a campfire but a campfire ban came into effect
yesterday...understandable due to all of the wildfires burning in the province.
It
was about 9:40, Steve had just come in off the lake...and without a campfire to
warm up by, we all decided to call it a night and retreat inside. Tomorrow Ray
and Deb are going to take us out on a tour of the lakes/campgrounds that they
have discovered in the area...looking forward to it!
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