Friday, July 17, 2015

We woke up to Mom and Dad setting up a clothesline in the shop because the clothes on the line were on about the fourth washing between rain showers. We helped them finish hanging and had breakfast and did our Bible study. After that we headed out fishing. We were expecting more rain and storms so we thought we would end up at Three Towers. The open area was so rough that Dad went around the island the other way. Then the weather ended up being really nice. The sun was out but there was a really nice breeze. We didn't catch anything but a small perch (Scott) so we decided to troll along Canoe Island heading for Boat Island. Luckily Nana and I had packed a bunch of snacks because we ended up staying out after lunch time. I caught a little northernn on the edge of Canoe Island.

We had some slap stick moments like when Scott wrapped his line around the motor that wasn't even running, I hooked Dad's spoon. Scott's and my lures stuck together in the boat. One of my lures stuck to a rock and snapped the line. Mom lost a lure caught in the weeds. 

When we were trolling around the first tip of Boat Island Dad said there's a snake! Don't you see it? It's right in front of you! Nana and I who were in the back of the boat didn't see it (which didn't bother me at all)! So we kept trolling. All of the sudden Nana screamed and jumped out of her seat. I looked down and there was a little black snack with an orange stripe crawling around the edge of the boat - right where she had been sitting!  I ran to the front of the boat and reeled in as fast as I could. Then Scott went to the back of the boat to try to remove it but slid under the motor. He and Mom searched for it but couldn't find it so they were sure it had jumped off. I was sure it hadn't. I was pretty sure it was going to crawl back up to the front where I was standing! Then suddenly Scott found it again on the motor. He took his floating pliers and tried to grab it without much luck. Finally with Mom's help he flicked it into the water and it swam towards shore. 

By that time we were all tired and the trolling motor was out of juice so we ran over to Connaught Point to see how much of the beach was showing and headed home. We had ice cream and took naps (except Scott) he started digging the trench. I woke up from nap dizzy and in major pain. The side of my neck and jaw were swollen and my injury whatever it is really hurt.

Scott and Dad dug and covered the electric line from the shop to the front of the cabin and grilled burgers. We had dinner and then went down for baths. Mom and I swam halfway to the island and then I kayaked around Paradise. When we got back I showed mom some smash journalling stuff and we printed three pictures. Then we looked at the pictures on my ipad and watched the snake movie which only showed the head of the snake for a very short time. :) But the commentary was funny. We all went to bed around nine.