Day 126, Saturday October 26th

Day 126, Saturday October 26^th

Today we planned on getting a bit south so we could make Hampton by Oct 28^th, however Brad has offered to take us fishing in his power cat and this is a good learning opportunity besides the fact that Brad was away all week and it is an opportunity to visit.  They have gone for outdoor family photos scheduled at 7:40 and it is 0 degrees out (32F).  We busy ourselves so we are ready to go once they get home, and by 10:00 we are getting are up at the big house.  Brad had picked up some Halloween decorations at Walmart on his way home from the airport so we were put to work by Alexandra decorating.  There was glow in the dark spider webbing and some plastic spiders that we set up around the house.  Around 10:30 we headed down to Brad’s fishing boat for a trip out on the Severn River.  Brad tries to get out every weekend.  The weekend before he had hooked a 28” Stripper which he lost just at the boat so he was back out to redeem himself.  Before fishing Brad tours us to the north end of the river to see Pat Sajak’s house (wheel of fortune host).  There are many beautiful homes and boats along the shore.  The wind is quite brisk and strong so we stay on the river and fish for stripers.  One of us has an eel for bait, one of us has a small fish similar to a sunfish and one of us has a lure and jig.  We drift quickly with the wind and have no luck at all with fishing.  They are not even biting.  After a couple hours we head back in to warm up.  While we were out we got a call from Kevin and a voice mail from Roma.  Roma’s message was that Ross had got 2^nd at the OUA Cross Country race (next is all Canadians in 2 weeks). 

It is now after 2:00 and we have no interest in heading down the bay in our sailboat in the cold wind, lucky Brad has invited us to stay for a steak dinner, it did not take much to for us both to say yes.  We are working at not being on a schedule but it is hard after 30 years of raising a family and work. 

Day 126, Saturday October 26th
This morning we are going fishing with Brad on the Severn River.  It is quite cold out and we have no luck at all.  It is very windy too.  We do get to ride by Pat Sajack's (Wheel of Fortune) house.  There are many beautiful homes in the area.  The trees here are also changing colour.

We get back to the big house by 2:30 and are cold and decide we will not head out today.  For the meagre miles we will make the idea of a dinner barbeque sounds wonderful.  We have not had a good opportunity to visit with Brad as he has been out of town while we have been here.

Julie busies herself making a broccoslaw and potato salad to contribute to the dinner, and Dawson flushed the water maker.  We headed up to the big house just after 6:00 and arrive in time to see the kids before they head off to bed.  We are fortunate enough to join in on the Halloween decorations that Brad has brought home with him.

We enjoy an excellent steak dinner, with excellent company and now consider Brad and Laura good friends.  They have been very kind to us during our stay.  By 10 pm all of us are ready for bed, we say good bye and head down to the boat.  We have quite enjoyed our stay on the Severn river.

Cheers

Dawson and Julie