By this last Tuesday we reached a milestone in the year
cycle of my garden. Everything was
planted. There were no seeds or plants
waiting to go in. Everything had been
weeded at least once. Now all I have to
do is water and wait for plants to grow.
The past few days have been quite rainy so I didn’t even
need to water the gardens.. On Thursday the
wind and rain blew hard and steadily.
Friday was fairly nice and sunny.
Then on Saturday the rain started in again. Today it has been dark and rainy all
day. I think tomorrow it will clear up and
we will have some good weather. Meanwhile
the rain has caused everything in my garden to pop up. My onion sets grew 4
inches. All we need now is some sunshine to help them grow.
Fishing had been really good. The guides have caught several large
walleyes. After taking a picture these
big fish are returned to the water so they can breed another year. The guides hold them in the water and massage
them until the fish is ready to swim off.
Really and honestly those 2-3 pound walleyes are much better for eating.
Bass have been going up onto the beds. Then they really are little hungrier and are fun
to catch. Lake trout are still in
relatively shallow water and biting well.
We have even seen a few northern come it. Northerns eat very well but most people don’t
like them because of the y-bones that run down the fillets. The guides fillet the fish and then cut the
fillets into long strips. The middle
strip has all the y-bones and is thrown away.
The other two strips are cut into bit size pieces. They fry up nicely and it is like eating
popcorn – once you start, you can’t stop until they are all gone.
April has been overwhelmed lately with boxes of gifts coming
in for the trading post in the lodge.
Counting, pricing, and arranging everything is a huge job. Of course, Shannon is there to help with the
work. Shannon and Marilyn also take up a
lot of the telephone answering. Dave is
there to help with everything but it keeps all four of them busy. There is not a lot of slack time at the front
desk.
Our new summer staff is coming in steadily. Each and every one of them is welcomed with
open arms. We have been operating with
not quite as many workers as is comfortable.
When the new ones come, it always takes time to train them but it sure
is good to get a little more help.
All the summer activities – horseback rides, canopy tours,
fishing, canoe trips, etc. are in full swing right now. But most of all we have an influx of kids who
have dreamed about endless hot chocolate all winter long. Cookies are also high on the list. I saw a boy once with four coolies stacked
together. He was just taking a bit down
all four of them at one time.
BREAKING NEWS: On the
way to the lodge tonight we saw our first momma partridge with what looks like
a brand new brood of chicks.
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