John went fishing with Gary on the early morning
slack today and I enjoyed a quiet morning reading and getting caught up on the
world’s news. John caught a nice coho but unfortunately it was a wild one and
right now in this area you can only keep hatchery coho, so it was released back
into the wild. Oh well, we seem to have plenty of salmon for now anyway. Gary
and Carol went out in the afternoon and snagged a couple of ling cod so they
were pleased. Tom and Marlien Paine arrived around noon today – our first friend
reunion! We all had a great afternoon catching up with each other and I got
some much needed girlfriend time. Went to dinner at the Blind Channel restaurant
again and the Paines treated us to some Delille D2 – we have been deprived of
nice wine for a couple of weeks since we ran out of everything so it was much
appreciated! We stayed up late and gabbed the night away, so nice to be with
dear friends. One more note about Blind Channel for those of you who are familiar
with the family – we learned that Elliott has remarried which is great news!
His wife passed away a few years ago from breast cancer leaving him with two
very young children. The children who are 6 and 10 appear to be thriving and
happy as does Elliott. His parents also still live here and are active with the family operation as well, it’s just a gem of a spot to pull in for a night or two.
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| Tom and Marlien Paine on "Sea Tiger" (he used to fly for Flying Tigers) |
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