Winter 2008

May 15-18, 2020 May Two-Four Long Weekend (27 Photos)

The May 2-4 Holiday weekend in many respects was not like anything seen before. With Covid-19 restrictions still in place we were very limited with respect to social gatherings with a family bubble plus one additional family bubble. Cabin trips were out while all private campsites and provincial parks were closed. One thing that stayed true to form was the holiday weekend weather as Friday brought wet sloppy snow!

Friday evening French wanted to borrow my new Magnum Undercoating Kit so he could under coat their family Jeep.

The kit worked fantastic once again, he applied a healthy dose of Pro Form amber oil based undercoating.

I spent Saturday clearing up tools in the garage from working on a number of projects. I also reinstalled my freshly re-painted grey rims on Project 6x6.

I gave three of the rims a quick coat last year when I first got the machine, since then three were replaced with new and were black in colour. Now they are all the same, I also changed tire direction to that recommended by the manufacturer and re-set tire pressure to lower trail friendly settings.

With that out of the way I got some lime and fertilizer spread on the lawn as it was supposed to rain Sunday which would be perfect for soaking in this lawn treatment.

Saturday night Caesars!

Sunday was spent housebound as it rained all day, but on Monday the weather cleared so I loaded up Project Foreman for a trip out over the highway trouting.

I headed to the new transmission line road near Whitbourne hoping to avoid the masses of other trouters closer to town. There were still a lot of people in the woods here, but project Foreman would help whisk me far away from everyone else.

I headed up the pole line towards Ocean Pond in search of a small gully Mark and I tried to get to this past winter in the Argo's.

We couldn't find an ATV path in our travels last winter so I picked a spot and hiked in. I spent the next hour or so drowning worms successfully landing two small trout which I returned to the water.

This would be a great place to bring a small kayak to explore the rest of the gully.

There wasn't much action on that pond so I headed back the pole line to another gully I never fished before. I landed a nice healthy mud trout on the first cast so I was pretty stoked!

This dandy was my third keeper for the day!

Sandra was cooking Roast Beef dinner Sunday afternoon so I loaded up early and was home by 7pm for an epic Beef Tenderloin dinner with all the trimmings.

Tuesday morning I fried up my catch and enjoyed an awesome breakfast of fresh trout and moose sausages!

Although it was a much different weekend than in past years we made the best of it and enjoyed a great mix of home projects and outdoor adventures.

Cheers, MIKE