July 6th 2016 - Larchwood Recreation Site

July 4th - Larchwood Lake Recreation Site

Monday, Hurray!!!! We are here at Larchwood Lake and we managed to scoop the site we wanted after checking out this spot last week. Right on the lake where you can see the fish rise and Ray can easily launch his boat. Another group came in looking for a spot 15 minutes after we pulled the coach in, so we were lucky as there are only 2 spots on the water that fit us. The lake is fairly small but a glorious green colour and very clear. We've even seen fish and turtles swim by the beach as the water is so clear. There are only 22 sites total here, one being used by the site operator. Although totally full on the long-weekend, there are only 5 other groups besides us here right now, so pretty quiet.

When we arrived, someone left a fish head on our beach from the weekend. Paul, the site operator removed it for me. I do not want bears to visit or Freya to roll in it!

We just got set up and erected the first up tent over the picnic table, as we noticed some black clouds rolling in.  We spread out all of the fishing/boating stuff on the table and we didn't want it all to get wet. Sure enough the rain began and continued off and on for the rest of the day so I baked a batch of bread while we were stuck inside. Yummm.

Yup it is raining!

Tuesday morning, after a restful sleep, we were up at about 6:30 am. Generator hours are from 9 am to 7 pm so at 9 am I got busy making fresh scones for breakfast, taking one to the site operator Paul to keep in his good books! He said as long as it is not too busy we can stay more than the 14 days. I must admit I'm liking the cooler weather for a change so I can do some of the baking without getting cooked out of the coach.  Ray spent the better part of the morning putting together his new pontoon boat, getting ready for it's inaugural run. It sprinkled on and off all day, but was quite warm, so I'm able to have a campfire and sit under the first up shelter reading all afternoon. (being available to lift this .... move that for Ray assembling his boat) Ray's pretty much done in just putting the boat together, so he'll wait until tomorrow to launch. He sure is getting excited about fishing again, especially when we see the fish rise and jump. This apparently is a trophy lake and they release 1500 fish every year here and you can only keep one fish over 20". Another great day doing what we love to do.

The new pontoon boat sure looks small next to the motorhome!

Wednesday morning after coffee and breakfast, we got the boat down to the water and I carried the battery down and lifted it into the boat so he could install it. After that, he began setting up all of his fishing gear, rods etc. and noticed his tackle box with his "tippets" etc. was missing. I guess Kristi missed giving that back to us by mistake, so Ray went back into Cranbrook (only 40 min away) to get some stuff in preparation for fishing tomorrow. I spent the morning putting out my solar lights and hummingbird feeders. They've not seen the light of day since Quartszite! The weather today is a little breezy but fairly warm. We'll take it. Tomorrow the forecast is pretty good, but we'll be into the rain by the weekend they say. Fingers crossed it will miss our little valley.