A New Baby, Company,
Bass Pro Shop and Warm Weather
We are very excited
to announce the arrival of our new grandson, Barrett
Thomas Garner 7lbs 5 oz, 19", born July 13
at 9:02am. He was a little bit early but
is doing well. Wyatt seems to have
fallen in love with him as you can tell from the picture…we are so happy! Can’t wait to see and hold the little guy!
We are very also
happy to have had company this past week.
Darrin and Liz, friends of ours from Castlegar, brought their two
teenaged sons up to visit this past weekend.
The boys will be staying with us and helping with the campground. In their spare time (of which there is
plenty) they go fishing, hiking, tossing the football around or just for a bike
ride. I think they are having a pretty
good time so far. They are good kids and
have already been a big help. 
We did recycling on Monday and ended up taking home $382
worth. The truck was piled high with
all the bags of tins and bottles and though it was a lot of work sorting it, it
was definitely worth while. The boys got
a portion of it for their help and were quite happy about that.
The next day I took the boys to Bass Pro Shop in
Airdrie. The boys were pretty blown
away. If you’ve been to Cabella’s and
see the taxidermy animals and big aquarium with trout, etc., and have been
impressed, think about 20 times more than that.
They have an incredible selection of outdoor stuff for sale…boats,
quads, hunting stuff, fishing stuff, clothes, and just about anything else you
can think of. There’s a whole department
just on outdoor cooking, a candy shop, a fly fishing store, several big
mountains within the store with taxidermy animals on them, hikers,
mountain climbers, fishermen, hunters in tree stands…it’s pretty amazing. 
Almost like going to a museum. These pictures don’t do justice to the place
but it will give you an idea of what it’s like. We managed to spend a little bit of money
there on some new lures and the boys each got a souvineer. They sure had fun wandering the store!
The weather has been hot and there are fires up north of
us. The fire danger has been moved to “extreme”
in the area and so we have to be really careful with our campers and
campfires. Sometimes they want to build
a fire on the beach and that’s sure not going to be acceptable at this
time.
We’ve been swimming a few times…the boys and I pulled a
four-seater fun-island out of the dumpster. It has a place for your feet in the middle, a
cooler, speakers, etc….very cool. It had a small hole in it which we patched and
it’s now ready for the lake…we’re going to try it out this afternoon. It’s amazing what people will throw away…we
found a tent that was in perfect condition except for a small hole in the floor
(like a cigarette burn) numerous tarps in good condition, camp chairs, and the
list goes on. I guess people don’t want
to haul stuff home or maybe don’t have a place to store it…who knows. At any rate, their loss is our gain and we’ll
certainly use and enjoy the fun island. Will send pictures when we get some!
Here’s a picture of
Tom swimming on top of the water! He’s
so amazing! Actually he’s resting on a
big rock that is covered with water now!
And here’s a picture of me in case you forgot what I
look like! Hmmm…do I look like my
Mom??? Oh yeah!
And we can’t forget Oso, who got a haircut and looks like
quite a pretty boy now…I think with his hair shorter the horse flies are
bothering him but he has fun trying to catch them in his mouth…silly dog!...but
such a cutie!
And we can’t forget Oso, who got a haircut and looks like quite a pretty boy now…I think with his hair shorter the horse flies are bothering him but he has fun trying to catch them in his mouth…silly
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