Monday - July 14

Bob: 8:23am, the sun is shinning, the breeze is blowing, the temperature is 57. I don't have to go to work. I am in the one place I want to be and the one person I want to be with is with me. How much more can one person be blessed? It just isn't possible. Good morning to all. Hope you feel as great as I do right now. Bonnie is going with a ride with Patsy and I'll go feed the fish. There is a 57% change of rain though. Hopefully it will not be a down pour, but a Utah sprinkle only.

Fished till about 5:30. Caught one little walleye that I threw back. Had one pike up to the boat, but he got off somehow. Reeled him in a good ways and then he took a dive near the boat. Hook came out for some reason. Don't understand that. 1st mate is home and planning dinner. Having steak, green beans with bacon and onion, pasta salad and blueberry pie. Wish we had come to Canada sooner!

During dinner we had a hard shower. But fishermen don't fear the weather. Wiped everything off, bailed out the boat and took off for Mountain Lake. Takes 8 minutes to get there when conditions are ideal. Tonight was perfect. No wind and no boats to slow down for. Fished till 9:30. Bonnie caught 2 pike that we threw back because I didn't want to clean them. She also caught a perch. I caught 2 walleye. Not trophies, but worth eating. Cleaned fish in the cabin again as the mosquitoes were waiting at the dock when we landed!! Not a lot of fillets, but enough for a meal.

Bonnie:  I spent time with the Br. Pres.'s wife this afternoon and got quite the tour of Englehart where she grew up.  She also told me about some members of the Branch that live there that Bob and I will visit sometime soon.  I enjoy going with her as she takes her foster kids from place to place!  She's very good company.
Tomorrow is shopping day.  It's still sometimes a challenge to find what I need. Things are packaged differently and most things are sold by grams and not pounds, etc.  I've had to sharpen up my math skills to figure stuff out!  Also, milk is not in plastic jugs, but in bags.  They sell 4 liters in 3 bags that are sold together.  You have to put each bag in a pitcher and cut the corner to use the milk.  It's quite the learning experience.