August 2017

It’s been about a year since my last blog post (so I’m a bit rusty) and our August 2017 at Crow Lake is in its final days!

(Remember, you can click on any photo to see a larger version.)

But 2017 activities began a bit earlier.

As in recent years Bob James and I came up in June to “open” the place with the main job being to get the water system filled and functioning. The Spring in Ontario has seen record breaking rain so the water levels in the lakes has been extremely high and when Bob and I were here we found the dock under water, a water level that we have seen only once before in our 40 years here.

The next activity was at the end of July when our friends Rick and Joanne spent a few days here - a time which turned out to be more eventful than they had planned. During their stay the pressure valve on our kitchen hot water heater failed, spreading hot water over the kitchen floor. Fortunately, Rick knew how to deal with the immediate problem but we still needed a new hot water heater before our next guests -  long time friends Vic and Babs along with their son Mark and his wife Robynne Edgar and their boys, Jacob and Coleman as well as V and B’s youngest son, Reid. Eight people without hot water in the kitchen would have been a challenge. Fortunately I was able to install the new heater in time for their 3 day stay.

Sorry, only a few photos from those visits. Not sure how that happened.

Not sure if that is Reid or Vic in the canoe.

Below, that is definitely Reid swimming but not quite sure if the other is Mark or Jacob.

On to August, which, as usual, has been a great month for us though a bit quieter than many. Thankfully, Michael was able to be here for a long weekend during the 5 days that Ann and Pat and Shayla and Ryan were also here.

Shayla has two rather large "ducks" - this is the larger of the two. Both have been given names - the smaller is Daryl and this one's name has varied so I'm not quite sure what it is.

And for part of a day we were joined by Jesse, Ruth's godson, and his partner Theresa.

Jess is an avid fisherman and Michael had brought his new fly fishing rod so they had a bit of a fly fishing "expedition".

Michael and Jesse perhaps in conversation about fly fishing.

Ryan has also developed an interest in fishing and he spent quite a bit of time catching fish both from the dock and the canoe.

Ruth and I have had to manage on our own, along with Kita and some local Loon friends, 

for the rest of the month while we look forward to a brief visit with Rod and Hope before Michael, Rod and I leave from Toronto for 14 days in Iceland!

So, stay tuned as I hope to post the next blog with images from Iceland, images as good or better than this Crow Lake sunset!