Ahhhh, June - long days, good weather and summer break approaching. :-) It was a good month with one downside - we ended up on strike during the last two weeks! :-(
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| Darrell, my dad and me at the Father's Day Show n' Shine |
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| Julie, Lucas, Alison, my dad, Wendy and Darrell |
Sure," Ralph said, "you can bunk in my trailer." "OK if I bring Sadie?" I said. "You bet", said Ralph, "I'm
bringing my Sadie, too." And so Ralph and I made plans to attend the Link Lake Fish-Out together with our
Sadies - Sadie One - Ralph's Golden Retriever, and Sadie Two - our Sadie.
When I arrived at Link Lake Ralph had already been there for a day and I discovered that he only had his float
tube with him. Sadie One was relegated to the beach while Ralph was out fishing. "Let's both fish in my boat with
the Sadies so they don't have to stay on shore", I offered. Ralph replied, "Sadie's never been in a boat." "She'll
be fine" was my response. I spoke too soon...
We'd only had Sadie Two for a couple of months at the time of the fish-out, and she had been in my boat with me
a couple of times - her first rides in a boat as far as I knew. She was relaxed in the boat and she couldn't care
less about me fishing or catching; she slept most of the time. Sadie One, on the other hand, was highly
interested in the fish, getting very excited whenever one of us hooked one. Here are a few photographs to
illustrate:
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| The two Sadies meet |
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| They had a great time together! |
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| Ralph going for a cruise on the outboard picnic table |
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| Going for a boat ride! |
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| Ralph on Link Lake |
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The Sadies highly interested in Ralph's fish. Ralph is holding Sadie One back.
Can you read his lips? "Nooooo!" :-) |
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| Yup, she went in and she got one! This fish was still on my line. |
Ralph and I also fished Hatheume Lake one weekend.
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| Nice little Hatheume rainbow |
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| Ralph got a nice one! |
One June weekend Wendy and I tried Heffley lake for the first time. As you can see, the trout were eating small green chironomids!
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| Heffley Lake rainbow |
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| Limeys! |
During the last couple of weeks of June I was walking the picket line every day. One day, after my shift, I decided to make lemonade from lemons and I went up and fished Gardom Lake for only my second time ever. It was worth the trip!
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| Gardom Lake chironomid-eating rainbow |
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| Fat Gardom Lake Fraser Valley rainbow |
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| Nice Gardom Lake Pennask-strain rainbow |
One weekend at Tunkwa we arrived to find some owl babies hanging out in a tree near our trailers. They fledged and flew off soon after this photo was captured.
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| Fledgling owl at Tunkwa |
The end of June brought Golden Friday, so we celebrated with some tasty treats... :-)
