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| The morning we left |
We just returned from our annual week long boat camping trip at Cherry. This year the crowd was small: me, Jim, Grace, Drew, Amanda, Ahi, Daisy, Hops, Jeremy, Mad Dog, Tina, Marty and Murray.
The morning we left it was raining, which is nice since it was not super hot. We hit our first hiccup about 5 miles out of town when we lost a cover on the trailer that covers the bearings. It slowed us about 45 minutes while Drew, Amanda and Jeremy headed back into town to find a replacement. Luckily the local auto supply store had one and a guy was there early and sold it to Drew before they even opened.
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| Camp all set up. |
Our camping spot was the location right down from the point acorss from the island. We chose this spot because it had a nice flat beach for Daisy Mae who is an old lady and can't manage steep hills anymore. Unfortunately that meant a long walk to camp
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| The kitchen and the fire pit |
Once we were set up, we spent some time fishing. We found a place that was swarming with blue gill and quickly dubbed it "Wicked Blue Gill" after the tv show "Wicked Tuna".
Jim started practicing with his new drone. He got some great shots of the camping site and the late that I will post later. We even tried to use it to look into an eagle's nest but we didn't get it high enough. But it was fun watching big hawks fly in to check it out.
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| The pup LOVED the trip! |
We played a lot of games - Wizard, Nibs and Farkle. Maddie and Tina won the world championship Nibs game over Chris and Drew.
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| Amanda's first blue gill |
On the second day the sun came out and it started to steadily warm up until it was about 90 the day we left. Memorable events of the week included:
- A visit from Chris' coworker, Allison, and her family.
- A big oak tree falling over on the beach while Jim and I were taking a walk on the beach in the evening and the rest of the crowd was playing cards!
- Jeremy getting sick :-(
- A hike to Lake Eleanor.
- Fried rice!
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| Grace for a brief moment when she was not reading a book! |
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| Jeremy - out cold! |
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| Everyone helped make dinner |
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| Fell asleep next to the shovel and TP! |
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| Allison's son Matthew and the teepee he made |
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| Allison's son, Jacob |
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| Allison's husband and Jacob |
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| A cave down by the creek |
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| Mad Dog, Amanda, Drew and Jeremy - washing their hair |
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| Farkle on the boat |
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| Fishing in the evening |
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| The pup at the end of a long week of fun |
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| My sweet Daisy Mae |
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| At the end of the lake near the Magic Fishing Hole - which is now a small creek |
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| Sisters fetching together |
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