Dad's Diary June 24 & 25

June 24
1934 - Was across to the ranger station most of the day. Ate dinner there. A storm coming up.

1935 - Stayed at Agency last night. Came up to Beaver and then back to Agency tonight.

1936 - Kay and I saw the show "Escapade," was warm today.

1937 - On the 22nd Washington U made another clean sweep at Poughkeepsie. Fished at Blue Lake but no luck.

1938 - Started to make 5 more ____ but had to spend most of the day on the lookout. Caught 9 fish this evening.

June 25
1934 - We had an electric and rain storm. Saw Chee Chie-boo in the evening. Making out time slips now.

1935 - Ted Metcalf hauled our stuff to Beaver. I am time keeper at 3.75 a day.

1936 - Caught 5 fish with Amiel this evening.

1937 - Went over to Mike's for raspberries. Was warm today. Painted the window sills. (I have some of the old window frames from the Little House - m.)

1938 - Took it easy today. Visited Bart this evening. Alfred and Massey ate lunch here.
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2009
After all the recent rain storms (much like 1934!), the weeds are growing. We've been spending lots of time spraying and pulling. This afternoon we took the War Pony to town to the DQ for an ice cream break. We hardly know what do to in the evenings, with the NBA all out fishing now. At least it's light in the evening so we can work outside until dark, but who wants to!

My Dad fished a lot, not only because he enjoyed it, but he had a growing family to feed and not much money to do it with. Thankfully, they always lived near a river and or creek so the fish were always available.

One time, when I was quite small, he took me fishing to Seekseequa Creek, which flows into the Deschutes. When I saw the little stream, I told him I didn't want to fish there, I wanted to catch a BIG fish. He said if I didn't catch a big fish there, we would go down to the Deschutes. I put in my line in this tiny stream and caught a BIG fish! I couldn't believe it - who needs a big river when your father knows where all the BIG fish are! I was one happy camper, one who knew her father knew everything about fish!