Clean Up

April 22

Picked up prawn traps this morning then moved them to near Miller Islet as ‘Dean’s Bay wasn’t producing much for us. Kent thinks it’s possibly the bait we’re using. One of Pop’s campers who has been doing quite well gave us a bucket of the bait he uses, so we’re trying it. Perhaps it’s time to buy a new brand - or maybe ours is just old and doesn’t smell right anymore!

Back at the dock at 11:30 am and after a quick lunch, Kent, Pop and I went to work on the driveway cleanup project. There were trees downed in the wind last December and lots of branches and debris to rake and put in the box trailer to take to the fire pile. Kent used the backhoe to pull some of the trees out of the bush. We loaded the backhoe bucket with bigger branches and logs.

One cedar tree had branches hanging low so I raised Kent in the backhoe bucket to trim the branches with a chain saw. I think we did about half the cleanup then at 2 pm had to go to the beach to renew a float anchor, line and chain. By 3 pm we were done and I went to have a rest. Pop did too but Kent kept working until 5. Dinner at 6 then a bit more crocheting and I’m done for the day. Time to type the day’s events, relax, play solitaire and have an early night.