Salmon @ MindSay 
September 25, 2008
Arrived at camp at around 5:15 pm. Got unloaded and fed dogs. While Dave got the camp set up I wandered down to the river to get a bucket of water for the dogs. At the river I heard a big "KERSPLASH" and barely saw where it came from. Since I had passed some river otter poop on the way to the river I assumed it was probably him. So I waited and watched to see if it would make another appearance. Then "KERSPLASH" ...... a flipping fish. A big flipping fish ...... Salmon. I yelled for Dave to come and see but it swam up river before he made it down. YAY ...... ! Another first for me on the river this year. Night falls early these days so it is off to bed after dinner. Looking forward to mining tomorrow even though not expecting much. Nice to be here. Warm breeze ......
September 26, 2008
Up very early. COLD!!! 68 degrees at 10:00 am. After breakfast Dave raked pine needles and split a load of firewood to take down tomorrow. I did dishes and swept out trailer. Got stuff together and headed down to the hole. **After our last no gold trip I told Dave that I wanted to pick where to dig. And that if I was wrong I would no longer rag, nag and argue about where / which direction to go. But if I was right he would have to listen to me from here on out ..... he took me up on it** After looking at the hole over and over again ..... I finally picked a spot to dig. And I wanted a full run of no less than 30 buckets ...... none of this 11 buckets to see if we continue or not ...... I wanted a full uninterrupted run. When we turned off the machine and started to disassemble ...... I moved a couple rocks and there it was ..... our biggest piece by far. Danced, screamed, peed my pants ...... and that was just the beginning ..... there were quite a few nice pieces and a lot of gold flake ...... can't wait for tomorrow! YAY! 86 degrees for the high today. Down to river to look for Salmon and play with the dogs. Took my last river bath ..... water is just toooooo cold. Dinner and a two out of three Backgammon match. Dave won ..... kicked my ass good. Bed.
My woodcutting man .......
Another salmon picture.
September 27, 2008
Another cold morning! Up early. Breakfast and down to hole to clean out machine and get ready for the days run. Dave filled up wheelbarrow with material and also four full buckets to run while he takes the load of wood home. After Dave left I ran all the material ..... probably over 20 buckets worth. MORE gold! Some more nice pieces to add to yesterdays find. Dave will be excited. Fixed some lunch and started a book. Faye Kellerman .... Stalker. So far so good. 86 degrees for the high today. Dave back late afternoon. Went for a walk and then fixed dinner. We are both tired so bed will come early.
September 28, 2008
Another early rising. Mornings are brutal cold. After a slow start we headed to the hole and did our first run of the day. Not as much gold as before but still enough to keep us motivated. A late lunch then back down to do an afternoon run. 88 degrees right now. Afternoon run was not a disappointment. More of the gold. Not a lot ..... but enough. Decided to go to Cecilville and grab a burger for dinner. Ran into an ex-coworker of mine at the bar / restaurant. And her boyfriend and their friend. Stayed longer than we needed to. Got very drunk ..... and now there will be some payback involved in the near future ..... too long of a story. But we were .... geez ..... not even sure how to say it except robbed by these fucking kids .... and that seems over-dramatic. But what I did not realize is that it almost came to blows between Dave and "their friend". But PAYBACKS ARE A BITCH .....and I know the right people. Their people ......
September 29, 2008
Woke up to rain sprinkles and a very dark sky. Wind kicked in and blew out the storm ...... high temp today was 90 degrees. And humid. We had breakfast and did a morning run before packing up and heading home. Another successfull dig. And more nice pieces to add to the collection. We are both very tired. Time to pack up. Hate this part.
Didn't get a whole lot of pictures this trip. Just a few. And three fish videos that I will spare you all from viewing. Pine needles and leaves are falling .... a definite change in the air. Shorter days ..... longer nights. Another month hopefully before we have to pull out. The dogs will miss their trips in. And I will patiently or not so patiently wait for spring ..... and warmer weather to make its apperance once again.
And Jen and Justin need to get over too before we leave for the season. I'm holding them to it. And next year I'm hoping that a whole new group of friends will be able to come and spend time with us at the claim ..... six and Ruthie ..... Kalli ..... this means you ..... Jen's brother Chris ..... it could be one hella summer! And I love sharing this place.
Reminiscing due to iliketiedye 's last post about salmon. We used to go salmon fishing all the time...One fish would fill our bathtub. They really put up a fun struggle and we were wore out at the end of the day. We usually paid to have them filleted there and they would pay us for the eggs, so 9 times out of 10 the cost of the filet and cleaning was free.
I was so disappointed today when we went to the lake to take the pups for a walk. As soon as we rounded the corner to walk down toward the dock, there was a majestic mud hen standing by a tree. Oh..what a picture that would have been. AND of course a small little little turtle kept popping up on a log near me.
Since all of my photos are in storage, I you tubed and came up with some vids :)
Watch this guy go up river to spawn!!
No joke, I caught fish like this one! I tried to resize the picture but it wont 'take' so, if you hit the reply/comment button, then click on 'more' you can see the whole fish!
This one is a little ol' river salmon.. caught in Sandy Creek. I have fished there too :)
Dry dill (fresh would be good, but I'm out!)
Olive oil
Kosher salt
Salmon fillets (2)
Grill
Mix the first four ingredients to taste. I wound up using a preponderance of mustard, about two teaspoons of the olive oil, "some" salt (up to you) and about a tablespoon of the dried dill. Mixed it up, smeared both sides of the fillets with it. Wrapped in two pieces of foil each. Grilled for about 6 - 8 minutes on each side.
YUMMY.
The Spousal Unit is a terrific grill-man. :)
6 large egs
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 teaspoon kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped chives
2 ounes cream cheese, softened
2 ounces smoked salmon, chopped
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
Position rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Whisk the eggs, milk, dill, salt, pepper and chives together in a bowl. Using your fingers separate the cream cheese into small chunks. Fold the cream chese and salmon into the egg mixture. Heat the oil in a medium non-stick skillet over medium-low heat. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and stir lightly to make sure the fillings are evenly arranged in the pan. Cook until the bottom is set but not brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the top is set, about 8 minutes. Temove from the oven, cover and set aside for 5 minutes. Invert the frittata onto a large plate, cut into wedges and serve warm or at room temperature.
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