Kluane Again

August 18 - Today we were treated to another trip to Kluane and the cabin - this time with boat and fishing gear. The boat is inflatable, has an outboard motor and easily handled my friend and I. On a small lake formed by a creek which runs into Kluane we set out on our quest for pike. My guide being very experience in the sport, removed the hooks from a lure and casted across beds of weeds. This drew the fish out to the open where I dropped in my lure and started catching fish. The two were about 10 lbs and then a smaller one and a couple got away. (That's a typical fishing story) We only kept one. The high light for me was a walk along a high ridge between two lakes to a tall old spruce with an eagle next perched near the top. A single, very large juvenile looked down at me with very little concern while its beautiful very large mother flew around me squalling her displeasure.

On the way back to the cabin we encountered a fat, half-grown black bear who seemed quite spooky. When we arrived at the cabin the girls said "Guess who we had for a visitor! They said the bear was just climbing on the deck when he heard a sound from the cabin and high-tailed it.

We're all rather disappointed in our four-legged guardians as not a one of them rose to the girls defense, let alone sound the alarm but rather thought it expedient to keep a low profile throughout the incident. Discretion is the greater part of valor' must be their byword.

I got a taste of Nan's affliction as I had turned any ankle on a rock and couldn't put any weight on it. During the night I felt a slight click and today am on my way to recovering. Nan seems fine if she doesn't sit too long, walk too far or get too hot. She doesn't spend enough time resting - so I usually show her how it's done.

We finally visited with the folks we met in Liard. It was fun recounting experiences of long ago as she was on the basketball team in Duchess and of course knows all my relatives from there. I usually try to limit myself to one helping per (for obvious reasons) but the bbq salmon, salad and steamed veggies were to good to resist. The the desert - German apple cake - wonder if she has any left.

Our weather has been absolutely wonderful since we arrived and it has been as warm as 30 degrees and this has been the nicest weather they've had here all summer. So they tell us we can't leave so the weather stays nice.

Tomorrow we are heading back out to Kathleen Lake and going to pick raspberries and black berries on one the islands with our friends and then on to Burwash Landing the next day so will fill you in on those trips later.