Hi folks, whew it certainly is warm! Heat, Humidity and all of that is here in force. Yesterday we peaked about 92, and seems like we are headed warmer today. Perhaps this will get rid of some bugs, because they sure are quite, well let’s just say, INSANE! From Black Flies to Mosquitos, to Gnat, Deer, Horse and Jumbo Flies, we have them all. The only fly that is not around right now is the May Fly, the latest Hexagena have finished their annual dance on the waters of White Otter Lake!
I have a couple of Encounters to share with you. Yesterday we were fixing the hole on the roof in Cabin 3/4, and I was headed underneath Cabin 1/2 porch to get a sheet of roofing. Well one of the baby Robins had fallen out of the nest and it took off flying maybe 10 feet then struggling to wander into the yard. So I went and got a fishing net, and caught the little one. I took it over near a bush with many branches and tried to set it on a branch, but HOLY HOT DOG, I was buzzed by the parents like crazy. In fact one of them knocked my hat off of my head! So I took the baby over near its nest and set it on a stump, then walked away. The parents continued to buzz me for a minute or so, but then all was quiet. Later as I was putting items under the porch, I heard the parents chirping, I am hopeful they were saying thank you, boy if animals could talk!!
Last evening Magoo and I ventured into the bush looking for a lake that has eluded us for years. While we drove slowly down the trail looking we saw the Egyptians crossing the road. In front was a Little fellow followed by a line of 5 more, then 2 Adult Ruffed Grouse, so the whole family was doing the Bangle Tune, Walk Like an Egyptian!
As luck would have it, we did see water back in the woods. So we got out, started venturing into the bush, PLOOSH! Magoo had found a little pool of water in the creek bed to cool her off! Inching our way thru the bush, we found the LAKE!! Lake #4 was found, Yahoooo. Shoreline was full of rocks, just like a typical Canadian shield lake!! I walked the shoreline, then Magoo and I headed back to the truck. Once on the trail we headed back and Magoo jumped into the bush hard to see anything, but then a Grouse flushed into a tree. Come ON Magoo let’s go.
Nothing but quiet, then I heard a squealing like a pig, what the hell is that! The squealing lasts maybe 10 seconds and down the trail comes a Bear ROARING! I guess maybe 25 feet from me it stands on its hind legs ROARS at me and swipes with its front paw all while its jaws are open showing me its teeth! Magoo comes out of the bush, immediately barks at the Bear and as luck would have it, the Bear drops down and disappears into the bush! As I write, all I can think of as I write this is the scene from the movie EDGE, where the Bear is showing his teeth and jowels at Anthony Hopkins.
On the way back, a Cow and Calf Moose crossed in front of us, and while that was interesting, it certainly was nothing like the Encounter we had earlier last night!
Fishing is poor, water is warm, almost 77, berries are slowly coming along. Not much else to tell, off to the bush again today, take care, have a Happy Camp Day!