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Squamidian Report – Mar. 15 / 25
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#1190 Gary ****
From Gary
Hello fellow Squamidians. I finally have some things to talk about. Max and I went out ice fishing. No luck. The next day Max went out and caught 2 lake trout. A12 and a 15lber. Max gave us a nice fillet off a tail that Evy cooked perfectly. The rest Max smoked. Turned out very tasty. During pickerel season we went out several times and got skunked every time. Several times Max went on his own and always caught fish. The fish hut didn’t move. One evening he stayed out all night. He caught and released over 30 fish. We all had pickerel fillets in our freezers already. I’m a jinx. Went for a walk on the old railroad tracks that is now a hiking trail this afternoon as normal. Always run into an old guy (9 months older than me) walking Tucker. Today I didn’t see them. After a while the dog came running up to me but no sign of Cliff. We walked up and down the trail for more than an hour searching and calling. I text Cliff but didn’t hear back. I called and left a message on his voicemail. He always has his phone on him. After following the odd tracks I found going to the golf course and still no sign I called 911. Eventually the opp were able to get through on his phone. He’s fine but just went way off the trail for a long time. Tucker stayed with me the whole time I was looking. (sent with love effect) I think that’s the first time I’ve ever had a panic attack. At least everything turned out good. Stay safe everyone.
Gary ****
From Nova Scotia Sus
My brother Warren who lives in B.C. is planning a trip here to Nova Scotia. He comes every year in June to spend a month with his family here and to celebrate his birthday with his twin, Ward. I just had a call from him to talk about his trip. He is thinking about driving this time across the country in April. I was surprised he wanted to come this early and maybe it's more about my birthday?? He mentioned stopping in to see cousin Gary along the way. So Gary could you give me your address so I can pass it on to him. We are still having spring weather and the snow is pretty much gone. It would be great to have an early spring. Sus ****
From Doug
You’ve all heard the term ‘atmospheric river’. Those are the Pacific storms that stretch out from the mid ocean regions and pump endless rains onto the west coast. The west coat gets pummeled by them quite often during the storm seasons. We’ve had them before, we’ll have them again, and we had one last weekend and most of this week. And boy, did it rain. Picture a fire hose at full velocity and then crank it up a bit more. We were having one last Sunday when we drove down to Horseshoe Bay for our usual ‘get together for breakfast’ with out rowdy biker friends. The wind was howling so hard it took both hands on the steering wheel to keep the vehicle on the road. (We obviously didn’t go on the bike because even I ain’t that dumb). The deluge of rain was washing down the mountain sides and spilling over the rock faces along the highway creating countless water falls. It was actually quite interesting and scenic in it’s own way. There was always the danger of slides or debris flows but none of those happened which is a good thing. The streams were certainly running high but thats ok. That howling wind was whipping up white caps on the Sound and the spray from waves crashing onto the rocks was shooting way up into the air. Kinda fun to watch. Our rowdy group of bikers meets regularly in ‘the Bay’ and we had a good turnout. Although several of them have been riding their motorcycles through most of the winter, no one rode that day. None of them are that dumb either. One thing we did do was deliver a couple of tubs of honey for 2 of the group who had ordered it through us. You see, we get local, natural honey from a local company. I’ve written about it before but just to refresh your memory, the stuff we get is known as ‘forest’ honey. The hives are up in the mountain forests of the Upper Squamish Valley and so the bees make that honey from tree pollens. It is a dark, earthy honey, not pasteurized or processed in any way and therefore really good for you, especially if you suffer from tree pollen allergies. Whenever its time for us to order more, one of our friends who get it through us usually is ready for their next batch as well. This time another one of the group decided to get some as well so that was good. I ordered 3 tubs (2.5 kg each) as delivery within the Squamish area is free but delivery to the city is $35. So, by having us take delivery of an order we can save out friends some money. Everyone is happy, the honey guy sells 3 tubs but need only do one delivery. The drive home was equally interesting dew to the storm. Then, late in the day we decided to pick up a sub sandwich and drive out to the waterfront to devour our makeshift dinner. From there we could watch the storm tossed waves. We could look over to the east and see Shannon Falls as huge amounts of runoff swelled it into a monstrous flow. At the same time there were Canada geese munching on the grass and a wind surfer of questionable mental capacity out on, and just as often in, the water as he was apparently enjoying the surfing challenge. The heavy on-going rains have for the most part been heavy snow up in the higher elevations of the local mountains and that too is a good thing. Our snow-load has stayed disturbingly low this winter and we need all the snow up high for summer water. Otherwise we end up in drought conditions and that is not a good thing. Then, the sky opened up a bit on Thursday. This pic was obviously taken from ‘up there’. It is a mountain across the sound to the west, framed in clouds.
Doug ****
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