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<\/a><\/p>\nSo Clark, Cooper & I set off for One Island Lake (http:\/\/www.env.gov.bc.ca\/bcparks\/explore\/parkpgs\/one_is_lk\/<\/a>) \u2013 really is a nice, small campsite \u2013 and the lake was a good size. I had been there back in 1981 on my first real camping (when I was young our camping was at rodeo grounds only) with the Neitz\u00a0family that I called my second home \u2013 it was a bit nostalgic as Cooper is the same age I was! We went out on Thursday as Clark was on day\u2019s off \u2013 and had lots of spots to pick from. They aren\u2019t great, treed in spots but we picked an end one and had an extra-large area where Cooper did some shooting with his bow & arrow (no animals were hurt in this activity).<\/p>\n Of course he gets the laugh first before being serious.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n It was quite windy and cool while we were there so we had to dress warmly while out on the boat \u2013 but it was great. There are quite a few private cabins built on the shore \u2013 so we had a peek at them and went as close as we could to the \u201cIsland\u201d which it was quite shallow & weedy around it and we didn\u2019t want to chance it so only went as close as we felt comfortable. There was a huge eagle\u2019s nest on one of the trees though so we sat watching it swoop down & then return to his perch high above. If I am reincarnated as an animal\/bird I have always wanted it to be an eagle not sure why just felt that connection to them \u2013 I know my friend Sharon would say it\u2019s a past life thing\u2026.to which my husband would roll his eyes!<\/p>\n We sat around the\u00a0camp fire at night \u2013 enjoying the peace & quiet \u2013 listening to the loons on the lake and\u00a0just being in the moment. Ahhhhhh\u00a0now this is what life is all about!\u00a0 The boys went out the second day \u2013 in hopes of catching a nice big rainbow trout that we could cook over the fire\u2026.but alas they were\u00a0not as lucky as one hoped.\u00a0While they were out I sat\u00a0toasting my feet by the fire and\u00a0catching up on some reading. The campground was pretty quiet so no noisy neighbors or should I say annoying people or dogs or children for that matter.\u00a0 We had two trailers pull in beside us \u2013 looked to be Grandma & Grandpa with one of their children & their family (2 kids Cooper\u2019s age). Cooper\u00a0joined them for a friendly\u00a0game of bocce ball and then played tag hide & go seek with them until it got too dark to see.<\/p>\n The next morning we were\u00a0getting up to go fishing once again then considered moving camp to Stony Lake\u00a0for a few more days of R & R. Clark wandered\u00a0over to where we had the boat tied up (right behind a group of\u00a0campers and was shocked to see the boat motor missing\u2026.I\u2019m sure he said an expletive\u00a0but since we weren\u2019t there to hear it I am not sure which one he used.\u00a0 He chatted the campers up and they didn\u2019t hear anything through the night but let Clark know that 2 weeks ago at this same campground\u00a02\u00a0boat motors went missing.\u00a0 He came back to camp to let us know and Cooper & I were\u00a0very sad-faced. We felt like all the air was let out of the balloon \u2013 bummed right out.<\/p>\n Rather than sit around moping we decided we may as well\u00a0pack up then and head home. An older fellow wandered over as we were\u00a0cleaning up and let us know that his motor went missing as well \u2013 that damn thief got\u00a02! We went to the Park\u00a0attendant and reported the thefts and he confirmed 2 weeks\u00a0ago the same thing had happened \u2013 and that the thieves had also hit Swan Lake and got 4 boat motors there!\u00a0 We called the Dawson Creek RCMP to report our motor and got a file open for insurance purposes (although is it worth making a claim to see our rates jump up for the next how many years\u2026..that\u2019s a whole other blog to write about).<\/p>\n Homeward bound \u2013 we tried to look at the positive that the thieves left our boat \u2013 the motor can be replaced \u2013 we did have fun while we could and such is life. This world is a different place where one has to doubt so many. Who would have thought you should be wary of leaving a boat\/motor out in the open where thieves would have to be quite brazen to steal it.\u00a0 Especially that it\u2019s not a light object that one can pick up and easily carry away.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Apparently Cooper has decided to not have a serious face in any pictures\u2026probably until he is\u00a0an adult as\u00a0he finds it funny to be such a dofus!<\/p>\n