AUGUST 7 DIARY PAGES

STORING FOOD STUFF UNDER HEAVY TRAILER AWAY FROM CAMP

AUGUST 7 DIARY POSTING....CHRIS FLEW OVER IN HIS 207 AND SAID HE COULD SEE OUR TRAIL BUT THAT THERE IS A LONG STRETCH OF FOREST IN FRONT OF US.  AFTER FINISHING THE BRIDGE BRYAN LEFT AT 12:45 TO GO DOWN TO BASE CAMP FOR MORE SUPPLIES AND FUEL.  SOMEDAYS HE IS HAVING TO FILL HIS CHAINSAW 5 TO 7 TIMES.  IT'S IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND MOST ANIMALS ARE RESTING.  VIKKI WASHED SOCKS, DID THIS DIARY, KEPT THE FIRE GOING , DID SUDOKU PUZZZLES.  BRYAN SAID HE'LL BE BACK IN 4 1/2 HRS.  AT 5 PM VIKKI HEARD THE QUAD RETURNING AND WENT AND WOKE UP DEAF HANNAH AND WAS IN THE TENT WAKING UP ISHI WHEN BRYAN ROUNDED THE CORNER OF THE SWAMP.  "HE LATER SAID HE WAS QUITE RELIEVED TO SEE ME WALKING OUT OF THE TENT"  HE ASKED WHETHER I'D SLEPT WHILE HE WAS GONE ..... "HELL NO..... MY NECK IS SORE FROM LOOKING THIS WAY AND THEN THAT WAY"  VIKKI SAID " GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK"  BRYAN SAYS THE BEAR THAT TORE THE SAC OPEN MUST HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH A 12 LITRE JUG OF GAS BECAUSE ONE'S MISSING.  
HEARD ON THE SBX RADIO THAT IT WAS -3 IN TAGISH.  WHEN WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING THERE WAS ICE IN THE BUCKET AND FROST ALL OVER THE SWAMP GRASS.

SPANNING A SMALL CREEK..... THE START OF A BRIDGE.

 A LONG POLE WAS FIRST PLACED ACROSS THE CREEK AND THEN A BRIDGE SPAN WAS TOWED IN WITH THE QUAD AND PLACED PARALLEL TO THE CREEK.  THEN IT WAS ALL BRYAN'S MANEUVERING THAT GOT THE HEAVY SPANNERS IN PLACE.  VIKKI WAS HELPING AND TAKING PICS WHENEVER THE OPPORTUNITY CAME. 

TRAIL MAKING THIS SUMMER....... PART TWO

 OUR SKIDOO TRAIL MADE QUADABLE.

 SECOND WALL TENT SITE. 

GRIZZLY BEAR DAY BED BESIDE OUR SKIDOO TRAIL..... GRIZZLY ARE GREAT AMBUSHERS.   THEY WILL OFTEN LAY BESIDE A LARGE LOG WAITING FOR THE UNSUSPECTING TO COME ALONG. 

TRAIL MAKING THIS SUMMER.......

CORRAL TO PROTECT QUADS FROM THE BEARS

ISHI...... OUR NEW PUPPY

HOW TO MAKE A TRAIL GROOMER... A DRAG BEHIND GRADER

 THIS IS GOING TO BE A DRAG BEHIND THE SKIDOO GRADER..... NOT A FLOAT.
UTILIZING A CUTTING KNIFE AND A SWEEPER BOARD BOTH WHICH ARE HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE.  IT IS 12' LONG AND HAS THE SAME STANCE AS OUR SKIDOOS.

MATERIAL LIST INCLUDED 2 " BOX IRON, VARIOUS FLAT IRON, LOTS OF BOLTS, CHAIN.  ALL THIS WAS CUT, WELDED, BOLTED ON 3 1/2" CHANNEL IRON..(THE STUFF USED TO MAKE TENT TRAILER FRAMES)

 WE FOUND OLD STYLE SNOWMACHINE SKIIES WITH LEAF SPRINGS AND ALSO A COIL SPRING SHOCK ABSORBER FOR THE KNIFE AND BOARD FROM MARIO IN WHITEHORSE WHO TAKES APART OLD MACHINES AND STOCKPILES THEM.

SOCKEYE RUN

 THIS SEASON THE SALMON HAVE STARTED SPAWNING RIGHT BY OUR LITTLE DOCK.  THE COUNT IS ABOUT 1,500.  WAY BELOW THE 10,000 THAT USED TO COME TO THIS LAKE. 

GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER 8 MONTHS IN THE BUSH

THE BEAVER DEHAVILAN'S LEFT FLOAT IS LIFTED OFF THE WATER AND THEN THE PLANE SOARS.  THIS IS THE LAST SUPPLY FLIGHT IN (ALTHOUGH WE ARE HOPING FOR A VISIT FROM THE TRAPPERS WE BOUGHT THIS LINE FROM... SOON)