28th September 2008

Had a beautiful weekend in the cabin at Moose Lake. A bit of boating, a bit of fishing even caught enough for lunch for us all on Saturday. The weather was cold but dry and the sunrise was fantastic.

CONGRATULATIONS CRAIG

Craig passed his driving test Wednesday on the first attempt and with only 5 points deducted for a wrong signal. Looks like I have lost my car again, I haven't driven it since he passed.

Jason and I had booked today off work to go and do a little chicken hunting then we all leave for Moose Lake as soon as Gary gets home from work. This weekend could be the last chance we have to get the boats in the water as fall sets in and winter approaches.

20th September 2008

Another good evening fishing and Sue caught her first catfish, a 35". It turned very cold and a little rough out on the water so we didn't stay too long and went for a burger and a hot drink.
Tomorrow I am taking my "Hunters Safety Course" and "Possession & Acquisition" license. That will allow me to hunt, buy and own non restricted firearms.
Hunting is a huge sport and almost a way of life here in Canada. Will let you know how I get on.

19th September 2008

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

I spent the full week at work this week with Jason, look what it done to me!!! Only joking Jason. We both had exactly the same work all week and we both got it completed by Thursday night, another long weekend for us.

We have another fishing trip planned for tonight on Red River but I think it will be a relaxing weekend the next couple of days.

13th September 2008

I have now completed my 4 month probationary period at Hytek and now have full benefits package and pension, it's a good pension I pay 4% and the company match it. I also got my voucher for $225 of Pork products, we get this twice a year. It's a little late for bbq season this year but the next one will be good timing.
This weeks fishing trip was an evening trip to Lockport for those Red River Catfish again. This was the first time Jenn had come catfishing and that both boats were out together on the river. While the rest of us were still setting up Jenn was into the first fish of the evening, look how happy she was.

6th September 2008

Today will be one of those days you talk about and remember for a long, long time. Chris, Sally, Jason, Jenn, Gary and I (Sue and Craig were working) took the two boats to Caddy Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park. The solitude and scenery was just breathtaking. I won't even try and describe it, this is something you see on tv programmes like "Grizzly Adams".

We went through 2 tunnels and travelled 4 lakes. We even caught our own lunch which was cooked in a trappers cabin (above) at the side of the lake. There is no other way to access this area except by foot or boat, and it would be a very long walk.

It did rain a few times and we got quite a soaking but it certainly didn't dampen our spirits.

Today really was an "AWESOME" day.

1st September 2008

Wow, what a busy few days!
Sue and I have been struggling with the 1 car since she started work and we knew it couldn't really go on much longer, I even had to get Suzie to pick me up from work one night because Sue was working. So we had to get another vehicle and that is Sue's car in the top pic, very nice it is too.
Saturday was the, soon to be, annual labour day bbq at "Bob The Dogs". Lots of old faces from Big Freight were there, well most of them ex BF actually. We had lots of great food and some clay pigeon shooting, baseball and quadding, great fun.
My boat had been in for service since last Friday and when I went to pick it up this Friday I discovered it hadn't even been looked at and the on top of that he was very rude with a bad attitude so don't take your boat to "Jakes Country Fix it".
Took the boat home with me on Friday and tinkered with it a little bit over the weekend and as it was a long weekend with Monday being a holiday I decided to take Gary and Sue to the lake for some fishing and boating. The fishing was great, catching Pike and Walleye, and the boat ran like a dream.

24th August 2008

Sorry but it's more catfish pics. Went to "The Fishing Hole" Sunday afternoon, basically a fishing supermarket, and bought a new rod and reel for catfishing. We got home about 3.20 and by 4.00 we were on our way back to Lockport to try out my new tackle.
The action wasn't as hectic as Friday but we did catch 2, pictured above.
Sue and I were at Bryn and Majka's bbq last night, great to catch up with everyone again but I don't know what we will do this year when winter arrives, bbq in the garage I suppose.

23rd August 2008

These Red River Catfish certainly know how to fight and put a bend in your rod. The weather was awful to start the day but it brightened up in the afternoon and we had a superb days fishing on the river.

Well those weren't the only ones we caught but it was the way Gary started his day. At the end of the day we had caught around 18-20 fish and Gary did catch the 2 biggest of the day, a 35" catfish and a 36"


Gary, above, with his 36" catch.

Although they are not related you can see the resemblance.

Which one is the ugliest?

22nd August 2008

Really started to warm up this week. It was so nice that I got all my work done by Thursday and I am off now till Monday. Time for some more fishing!!!

17th August 2008

We didn't go to Folklorama last weekend. The weather was so nice we went fishing at Lockport instead. Lost a bit of tackle but didn't catch any of the elusive catfish.
We also went to buy ourselves something and look what we ended up with.

Yes, the boat is ours. We had been looking at quads, campers and boats for a while and eventually decided on a boat.

This weekend we went to Falcon Lake camping and generally messing about on the water and this time Jason did manage to catch a couple of fish but we had left the camera ashore.

Our friendly neighbours were more interested in feeding than worrying about us.

9th August 2008

Craig spent 3 days with me this week while he was off work and Jacey was staying at her grandmas. It was nice to have some company again, when he wasn't sleeping or playing with the farmers dog.
Gary has now got himself a new job and starts on Monday. He will be working in construction, building houses. He was looking to get back onto site work and then got 3 job offers in 3 days.
Sue is enjoying her new job and has already got 20-30 hours a fortnight.
We are going to "Folklorama" in Winnipeg this weekend. This is a huge cultural event with pavilions representing set up all over the city representing different countries and serving the food of that country with national dress, entertainment and the heritage. http://www.folklorama.ca/
I have remembered the camera this week so hopefully I can post some pictures when we get home.

2nd August 2008

Yesterday was "Pioneer Day" in Steinbach. Steinbach's major festival is Pioneer Days held during the August long weekend and celebrates the lifestyle of early Steinbach residents. The Parade kicks off the four day event. Sue and the girls above were walking in the parade with "The Steinbach immigrant settlement programme" (sisp) float. http://www.steinbachonline2.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8667&Itemid=281