It is hard to believe that June is almost over and the 4th of July is just around the corner. Time really does fly when you have so many things to do and having some fun on top of it all.
We finally got to take our good friend Bob Sauer-Jones, AKA Outback Bob, from the Adirondacks to Nesowadnehunk Lake fly fishing for native brook trout. It was a beautiful evening and the hatch was on the water with trout feeding very well. So well, that they were not taking the flies we presented like I had hoped they would. June is generally an awesome time for a lot of action on the water. However we have had a strange Spring thus far and well into the beginning of summer with heavy rains and cool temperatures. I still had a wood fire going just a week ago in the house to take off the chill! All in all, though, it was an enchanting evening and Bob had quite a few hits and caught one too!! Which made me feel much better as I missed several hits due to inattentiveness. I was enjoying the scenery, or would hear a rise, turn to look where it was, missing a hit in the process. Oh well, I can't say that I really care on that one as I was just happy to be floating around in my kayak taking pictures and enjoying our company.
Progress on the lot is very slow which is good and not so good. We need the area where the lodge is planned to be cleared so that we can get a better idea exactly where it will set to begin putting in a road to it. The good part is that by being a bit slow, we are really able to control the cut as we don't want is completely cleared. It is both exciting and overwhelming all at once. I like the idea of getting things moving in that direction, but there is always so much to do right here. We have to get the third cabin finished so it will be ready and taking inventory on the bait situation. We picked up a new lease this year that we have wanted for some time. It is much closer than a lot that we leased last year over to Webster Plantation which proved to be too far out. We would take hunters out and had to sit in the trucks until hunting time was closed, pick up hunters and bears and head back to home base often not arriving back until 9:30pm. That really made for some seriously long days. The new lot is in Medway, and happens to be lands that we are familiar with as it is in Big Es old stomping grounds. Therefore we need to take a few days to GPS the bait sites and look things over more closely for placement of stands.
Over all, there is much to do, but we want to get some fun in in-between, after all as they say, all work and no play makes........ well you know!

I have also finally put down to paper the first chapter of the story that has been rattling around in my head. I have a few, but one in particular seems to keep coming to the front. All to often, it hits me when I trying to go to sleep. My muse has a sense of humor that keeps me up all night. I always say, 'Oh that's good, I'll remember that", but it never sounds as good in the morning, therefore I have give in, and just got up and let in flow onto paper. The Outdoors publication that I was writing for has fallen on hard times and got wrapped up in a divorce and bankruptcy court. So I have had some time on my hands to put my writing in other directions, which is now proving to be a good thing.However, I'm not going to say too much about the story as hopefully, the suspense will make folks want to read the book when it is finally done!!!!