Bob: Went fishing with Karl today. Left the cabin around 8:00. Got home after 6:00. We drove about 25 miles to the Shillington Lake. The last 13.2 miles were on a logging road. We were passed by one logging truck and one service vehicle. Since I was hauling a boat in the back of my truck I wasn't going too fast. So I just pulled over and let them go around. If you aren't careful the logging trucks will run you off the road.
Once we got to the lake we had to carry everything down a hill. The distance was between 150 to 200 yards. Wasn't too bad except for the motor. We didn't have to take the boat down as Karl's friend has a boat chained up at the lake. Only problem with that is the boat has a small leak. So we spent some of our time bailing water out of the boat. It wasn't dangerous, just annoying.
The lake is the most beautiful lake I have been on up here. It is completely surrounded with old forest. There are no cabins, not anything back there. We did see a couple of bald eagles that we probably disturbed. They started squawking up a storm when we got close to where they were sitting. We left that side of the lake, but they proceeded to follow us across the lake. However, then they caught an up draft and just soared high above us for a while.
Didn't catch lots of fish, but we brought 3 pike and 2 smallmouth bass back with us. Wasn't much fun carrying our motor back up the hill to the truck. I think we left the lake around 4:00.
Once we got back to Karl's I helped him finish digging up the potatoes in his garden. Thought there would be lots to do, but his wife and neighbor dug 2 or 3 rows before we got there. Some of the potatoes are very big. He gave me some that he punched with a pitchfork while he was digging. I need 5 pounds to make a batch of potato soup for Sunday's pot luck. I only need 4 of his potatoes to equal the 5 pounds.
Bonnie: I had a quiet day working on my talk and finishing the last library book I have. Oh, and washing up the huge potatoes and carrots that Karl gave us. I don't know how we will eat them up before we go!
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