Steve and Dianne come to the lake! May 18 - 21

Thursday Dianne and Steve arrived just in time for lunch. Sure is nice to see them. Last time we got together was at Quartzsite Arizona. For dinner I smoked a brisket on the Traeger.

Picture by Steve

Ray took this picture of a hydrofoil passing on the lake. Wow does it go fast.

Look at that "rooster tail" !

Lots of catching up and lots of laughs. Played some bean bag in the back yard as it's too windy to sit down at the dock. 

Friday morning Ray and Steve went fishing. Off they go!

The boys tried fishing the marl near Goat Island with no luck. Then off to the mouth of the canal from Bear Lake for some fly fishing.  Steve had one on but it got off.

They gave up and came home when we told them the Monkey Bread is ready. lol

Today for lunch, Steve and Dianne took us out  to Jake's on the Lake. Thanks guys.

Friday afternoon dock time. Time to resume positions on the dock and of course Ray's margaritas! Except Ray with his non-alcoholic beer.

 

Practically snoring! lol

Everyone relaxing after eating Pork Prime Rib from the barbecue and twice baked potatoes for dinner.

Dianne's favourite place, sitting on our deck under the heaters.

Saturday morning the lads wanted to fish the mouth of Shaw Creek but wind, a heavy chop and fog prevented that plan. They trolled Honeymoon Bay and through "the pass" but another unsuccessful adventure. 

Later in the day, while I worked on dinner, Ray took them to Mountain Man's Ice Cream as Earl and Allison recommended their product. They make the ice cream in the store and it's very good. 

Ray then took them to the Trestle Bridge (below). 

Next up Second Beach on the Cowichan River, which is the end of the river tubers run. There were two guys fly fishing the great pool at this site.

Definitely cooler today but we managed to sit down at the dock again watching the world go by. Yesterday, Ray dared Dianne to go swimming lol. She said ok but only if the went in first, not thinking he would go in .... he did! She still said no. :)

Ray's first swim of the season.

For dinner tonight I invited our neighbours, Darryl and Pat over for dinner too. Smoked chicken on the Traeger .... yumm. Pat brought over some of Darryl's smoked salmon for appies. A lot of wine for drink and we had a lot of laughs again. Such fun.

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Deb, Pat, Darryl, Steve and Dianne.

Strawberry tarts and Darryl's bubbly for dessert.

While we were out on the deck we noticed this person flying in the air! Was it too much wine??? Apparently they are friends of our other neighbours, Deb and Mike and live in the next cove close to the marina.

Everyone goes to bed between 9 and 9:30 around here. lol Dianne commented she never gets to see our solar lights. :) This picture is for you Dianne, as I sat out on our deck for another hour enjoying the night after everyone went to bed.

Sunday turned out to be a cloudy, windy morning so the boys rode our pedal bikes to Beaver Lake to try fishing but were unsuccessful finding a place to cast from. Apparently the trail around the lake is steep where it exits the main trail. The main trail is popular and without bike locks they wanted to bring the bikes down the lake trail. This turned out to be quite a "slip and slide" and getting back up was a team effort on each bike. Unfortunately Steve's ankle didn't appreciate the effort it took or Ray's back.

Later on the weather turned so Steve and Dianne decided to head home a little earlier than planned. What a great weekend. Thanks guys for coming, it was a blast!

I really appreciated you guys doing all the dishes, and I made a lot of them! What a great kitchen crew with Ray of course helping them. It certainly made it so much easier for me to just cook and not worry about my mess. lol Thanks again for the chocolates and card.

EDIT:

Here is a drone video that Steve took of Ray and him fishing and us sitting down at the dock. Click on the link for the UTube Video.

Lake days at the Kyle's