Thursday, July 2, 2009

Day 17

Today we went out fishing (or should we say 'catching') with Ralphie and Pa-pa. We had a much better day than our last trip out. We caught our limit: 8 halibut (2 a piece) and one cod that Pa-pa caught. Ralph gutted the cod as soon as we got it on the boat because they keep better that way. The birds loved it :) We also had a friend throughout the day and Alexis named him Petunia. He is a Kittiwake seagull. Zoe caught a skate that Ralphie said must have been 100 pounds (felt like 300). Then Alexis caught a skate as well, then Pa-pa, and last but not least, Ralphie caught one.

When we get a halibut in the boat Ralphie hits him over the head with a mallet, and here is a nice picture of how one of the halibut's cheek looked after Ralphie got done with it. I guess Ralphie didn't know his own strength ;) Papa caught the biggest halibut of the day and it sure got a hold of Ralphie's fingers while he was trying to tie him up :)

When we got back to the house, Ralph filleted the fish, and Alexis and Zoe went to deb's shop to work on Alexis' amazing box, and a cribbage board that Zoe is working on that will eventually look like a duck (hopefully).

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  1. SheetWiseJuly 3, 2009 at 3:28 AM

    Curious minds want to know ... how about some pictures of the "Amazing Box" and "Cribbage Duck" ...

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  2. UnknownJuly 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM

    What a trip you are having...I love all the updates and the action...a humpback whale, amazing!...looking forward to seeing photo's of Deb's show! Did you guys win the Elements contest?? Did I get a prize for creative input!!

    xx, AK

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  3. Alexis & ZoeJuly 3, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Dad, We didn't get any pictures of the "amazing box" or the duck because we are waiting until they are both done to record their progress :)

    Aunt Karin, the balls made thepaper, but nobody really "won" the Facing the Elements. We like to think that we won, however, so it counts to us :) So sorry that we didn't get your name in it, seeing as it was your ideaa in the first place. But we all know that you helped think up the "creative input" that powered the balls to become famous :)

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