Jerry and I decided we wanted to go back to the Dease River campground we had seen on the way in. It is about 40 miles backtracking, but we felt it was worth it. Graingers decided to push on and not go back so they were going to take a couple of easy days waiting for us to catch up. Our plan is to spend 2 nites there.
Jerry had called and they had non-denominational church service at 10:30 followed by a pot luck dinner. We didn't make the church service, but did make the dinner. Met some wonderful folks. The owners, Dennis and Lana Bieber are retired dairy farmers from Wisconsin and stay and run the campground until winter. They had bought it about 8 years ago. Really neat people. Then we met Judy and Joe, their friends who they met through the campground and have come back ever since and now help them with things around there. We really enjoyed talking to everyone at the potluck dinner. In spite of the lack of hookups, etc, this is a most impressive place.
After the dinner, Jerry and I decided to take a relatively short canoe trip. We started at the campground and Dennis would leave a truck at the end of the trip. The trip would take about 4 hours and he said we should see a few moose along the way. We left the dogs as we were a bit unsure of their reaction to moose and wild animals and did not want to be dunked in the water if they got too excited. We saw 10 moose (all female) and one calf. No Bullwinkle! One of them was in the middle of the river at least shoulder deep and just diving for the stuff on the bottom. Jerry says no wonder they are so ugly.....look at what they eat!
The take out place was at a guy's cabin (also named Jerry) and he had a wonderful dog named Tinker. He came out and talked to us and showed us his garden and talked about the area. He has been there for 45 years! Dennis had left the key to his truck for us and we drove back to the campground. Very trusting people. When we pulled in, they said just pick a place and we could pay when we left. It is pretty cool here also. We had a campfire tonite and it was great although there are lots of mosquitoes. Thank goodness for Deep Woods OFF!!! I fixed a coffee w/ Kahlua and milk to drink by the fire. We sat out and watched it until it burned down.
We also watched a guy fishing down the way and he caught a nice lake trout and a couple of other fish. Still haven't fished yet. I said yes to the longer canoe trip tomorrow so Jerry made the arrangements w/ Dennis. He is having truck problems and is planning to take it into the town of Dease Lake tomorrow anyway and this is on his way.
Will definitely sleep under blankets tonite...it is cold outside. I had on a tshirt, sweatshirt and fleece and was not overly warm!
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jerome & linda, hello from st. louis, it's friday the 13th and everything in my life is okay.it appears the summer is half over===the rooney's are back in NC and they are all fine. even saw matthew in st. louis====katie was the only one who could not get here. kimberly is taller than her brother ryan and carolyn says that kimberly is even taller than katie!!! it appears that kimberly will probably be tall like her brother matthew. the garazins are fine==megan had to have 4 stitches this past week in her forehead. watson's are fine and emily is working at barnes=jewish almost everyday and john watson is enjoying his job. he was one of the (greeter?) in a box at the ballpark recently and could enjoy the baseball game and free food!! that's about all I know. sounds like you are beginning to wind down your wonderful trip, i am so happy the dogs are doing well and enjoying the trip also. when you get back home they will probably sleep for a week!!!! have fun, drive careful and as ET would say "Be Good"
love carol and family
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