Winter 2008

May 19-22, 2017 Sooley Cabin Long Weekend: (30 Photos)

30. It's the 24th of May and we like to get away, so that's just what French, Sooley and I did this past long holiday weekend, the unofficial start to summer camping season. It may be spring but we are in Newfoundland and this trip saw typical May weather - cold, wet, and snow!

29. Friday afternoon Sooley hit the highway and headed out to the family cabin near Whitbourne, it would be Saturday afternoon before French and got underway.

28. With wet weather forecast for most of the weekend Sooley took advantage of Friday's dry spell to do some trouting and enjoyed a fire in the burning pit.

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26. Saturday afternoon I quickly got a few things ready and threw Project Foreman in the bed of the truck. French called and was also just getting on the highway.

25. I hit the highway driving in and out of rain showers the whole way out.

24. We arrived at the cabin just in time for supper which was a feast of BBQ steak and all the trimmings.

23. Saturday evening was spent in the shed making repairs to the old Honda garden tiller, enjoying a few brew and Cuban Cigars!

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20. Overnight a few centimeters of snow fell in town covering the ground, we barely got a dusting at the cabin.

19. Sunday morning we hit the woods and started widening the overgrown ATV path out back that connects with the firewood cutovers and continues up along the ridge parallel to the pond.

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11. French preparing to attack me with a tree! LoL He began falling a tree planning to lay it down back the trail like the last one. The tree went the opposite way just missing Sooley's bike and knocking me in the shoulder and head! Yes, I should have been watching, if it was Sooley on the saw I definitely would have been LoL.

10. After a quick lunch we hopped aboard the boat and headed up the pond to do some trouting.

9. By this time Sooley's friend Lori arrived and joined us on the adventure.

8. We hopped out of the boat at the top of the pond and walked into a gully we discovered (thanks to Nalcor's clearing of a new transmission line for Muskrat Falls) & ice fished earlier this year during the annual winter trip.

6. Fishing was decent in the gully, we threw back lots of healthy small trout keeping just a couple to fry up with breakfast.

3. Supper on Sunday was simple personal pizzas in the oven and a night relaxing in the cabin staying out of the rain.

1. Lori cooked up a full scoff of eggs, bacon, toutons and toast for breakfast on Monday, I fried up our catch of trout as well.

Despite the cold wet weather we had a great time at the cabin. Lots of laughs, some work completed on our trail, and we even found time to wet a line.

Cheers, MIKE