After we had all finished dinner, Shaun and the boys went for a couple of hours of fishing at the lake. He successfully caught two fish, the first was too small and went back into the lake to grow some more, the second weighed in at 1lb after it was filleted and shall be going on to our BBQ this evening for dinner. The fish in the Lake here are mainly Kokanee Salmon and taste really good!
Later we all met up at an open air presentation of the kids film Ratatouille. We all took our deck chairs and at dusk sat and watched the film under our blankets in the garden, in front of a huge screen that our friend's Dad had set up for his Summer films. We hadn't seen the film before but it was as good as the usual Pixar animations about a Rat who was an excellent cook who helped... Okay, we won't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it yet but we would very much recommend it.
Arriving back home at 12am with a very tired dog we found our kittens very excited that we were all home. Here are a couple of pictures taken whilst Harley and Phantom had their tea, with Oscar looking on.
They seem much more comfortable around each other now although as expected the cats are still the alpha males! You may notice that Harley our orange tom cat has lost his Harley Davidson collar featured in a previous blog. He is currently sporting a blue collar but we have bought him an illuminous pink collar so he will be easy to spot! Here is Harley showing Oscar exactly who is the Boss!
Earlier this week Rachael went on a bike ride with a couple of friends. The bike ride was considered by our local bike store guys to be easy to moderate in technicality but 'a difficult uphill pull'. Well, we set off from the parking lot which was just near to where we leave the main highway to go skiing and started to climb up the fire service road. We got to 5km up this road which was really quite gruelling and one of my friends decided to share with us that actually the guys at the bike shop had told him that the first 5km were the easiest!
They were right, the next 5kms up the hill were torture in low gear all the way. Looking at the map afterwards I think we must have climbed approx 3300 feet (1000 metres). But when we got to the top the views were fantastic and the ride back down the other side of the mountain was a hoot! We even managed to take a rest half way down to pick some fresh huckleberries which were really tasty but apparently even better in a pie.
Well it is now 6pm and it is a warm Sunday evening, still about 28 degrees Celcius and we are now signing off for another week. The Editor about to enjoy a cold glass of Grape Cider which is locally made in the Okanagan valley.
Whilst our Sports Reporter is enjoying a snooze after his walk.
Whatever you are doing this week, enjoy it.
Rachael, Shaun, Harley, Phantom and Oscar
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