5 Weeks

I don't believe it but we have been here for 5 weeks already. I am still really enjoying it up here and I think Tabbi is too. Today Tabbi saw a moose across the bay. She told us to look but it had already stepped back into the bush. That is how thick the bush can be that you can lose a whole moose in a second. Nothing else much going on right now. I work all day then either go fishing or play games with Tabbi and Jesse. We have been playing mainly 2 games. Canasta a card game that we learned when we first got up here. The other game we play is Settlers of Catan a strategy based bored game. I feel bad for Tabbi she has to deal with Jesse and myself who tend to be a little to competitive. So if anyone else has any good games they think we should play we would love new ideas. I think we have played a little to much of both of those games for the time being. Just gonna keep it short for today hope to update more this weekend. We are hoping to make it to church this weekend. They have a church and church camp across the lake. It will be nice to go to church i have not been in almost 2 months with being up here and work in Boise.

It seems like forever since I last blogged and im sorry for that. We have been really busy and our Internet is acting up again. In fact im just writing this on word and hoping that I will be able to cut and paste in my blog if the Internet allows.

A week ago today we decided to go for a hike to the Kijik River. We were told it was around 6 miles away. Now that I have been there I really think that the river is closer to 9 miles away. After a 3 hour walk through a bog and along rocky beaches we finally made it to the river. I led the three of us (Jesse, Tabbi, and myself) to a gravel bar that looked like a good place to fish. With my backpack still on I threw my line in. Within four casts I had caught a grayling. That was my first ever grayling! So we took our packs off and got our fly-fishing stuff out. I had carried all of Tabbi’s and my fly-fishing stuff the whole trip. That includes our waders, fly-fishing boots, vests, fly’s, and rods. We all got dressed and started fishing. Tabbi started getting some hits on a big black ant. I switched to one and we all started catching fish. We only caught five grayling the whole time we were there. We had a good time with only one problem. Tabbi lost her footing in the river and fell. The water is fresh snow melt so it is very cold. We started a fire to warm her up and cook three fish. All of us wanted to stay but we had to get back to start the generator. We have to have it on for about four hours a day took keep our freezers cold enough. The fishing was fun but the walk back was a very long trip. All in all a good day and it felt very nice to relax that Sunday.

We have been really busy working on the lodge since Micah has been at bear camp. It is hard working on some projects without Micah. Some of the things we are doing it would just be nice to have him say “Yes that how we want it”. Micah has been having fun at bear camp. He got his client a 10 foot 3 inch bear, with a 28 inch skull. It should be big enough to go in the books.

Today we went fishing around this area. We walked to the other side of the bay and caught two lake trout. That is the first lake trout I have ever caught. It was around a 20 inch fish. I would like to say it was a little bigger but it might be seen as a fishing story. After we got back our neighbors asked if we wanted to go across the lake. It was fun to go over there today. It was the first time we have gone across since we got up here. It was a very exciting Saturday night. We got home and Tabbi cooked us the fish we caught today.

All in all it has been a good week and I will really try to blog more then I have this last week. Hopefully our Internet holds up and I can blog. Hope all of you are doing well and look forward to your comments.

Tried to put photo's on but our Internet is not working very well right now.

We lost the internet

So i have not been able to blog for the last few days. For that matter i have not been able to stay in contact with anyone the last few days. We uploaded to many Gigs of things to the internet so we lost it for a few days. Well we are back online now and loving it. Not much new really going on up here. Life is simple here, i get up read my bible, eat breakfast, start work, eat lunch, go back to work, have a snack, go back to work, then eat dinner. Most of our nights right now are spent hanging out around the lodge. We have leaned a few new card games, and just got settlers of catan up here as well. Last night we had another big bon fire and the people that live down the bay stopped by. We all hung out tell about 1030 it was still light out when we went back to the lodge. Im really looking forward to the ice being off the lake so we can do more. As i said last time Micah is leaving in the next day or two to go brown bear hunting. We have a list of things to work on while he is gone. We will miss him but im sure he will be having fun. I think i would really like doing that sort of thing. While he is gone i want to go for a few little hikes. I would love to go when he is here too. While he is gone the ice should melt, but we will still not have anyway to get around. We will be more mobile when he gets back and gets the boats up and running. Today i buzzed my hair down to about a half inch. I dont know why i really did it but i think it will be easier to take care of up here. Well im gonna go keep my wife warm and toasty hope everyone is having a good time in whatever they are doing.