And reopening employing a new business paradigm.

Yes dear reader the inevitable ibis has come to roost in our proverbial rafters. Janet tipped me off this morning. After an evening of preparing a sumptuous doggie repast of brown rice, chicken, hot dogs, ground meat, green beans, carrots, corn, broccoli, and beef broth and a morning of running the boys on the beach after their morning meal it occurred to Janet that everything we do here revolves around our dogs! Their personal chef (chef Jack – pronounced with a really bad french accent) prepares gourmet meals two sometimes three times a day. Their personal trainer The Evil Janeeto (from the planet Janetron) runs them for about a mile daily. Their personal masseur Pat gives them a daily rub down on the table in the store, their personal chauffeur drives them twice a week to the dump so they may sniff the interesting smells and bark at bears, ravens, seas gulls and the occasional wolf. Their personal activities director Carol keeps them sated on delicious doggie treats and throws sticks and toys for them at the beach. Their personal fishing guide takes them for boat rides and fishing on Firth  and various other far away fishing destinations. Their personal maid and staff picks up after them and grooms them daily. In short the staff here at the camp devotes all their energy catering to the every whim and want of the spoiled pair.  So we are reopening the camp as a doggie spa. It has everything a doggie could want and need. I think we will use the same pricing structure but anyone not bringing a dog will have to charged extra in order to finance our VIPs (very important pups). I have just been informed by Baxter TWD that my bonsai collection will have to be put down on the patio so they have something interesting to pee on and Bart has informed me that all the doors must be removed from the cabins so that they can come and go everywhere they like and these silly rules about jumping up on guests tables and dining from their plates have to be abolished. In addition all guests not bringing a dog must bring a small kitty to be chased and mauled – not harmed just terrorized. I am sure the list of demands will grow as the day goes on.

The lake temperature is 68F and there has been a north west wind blowing at about 10mph for a couple days. We haven’t been fishing for a while so I don’t have first hand info on the fishing but its always great so don’t sweat it. The really cool thing is that I have been working outside for the last few days and have not been bothered by a single blackfly! The dragon flies are out in full force and the north wind has bee concentrating them in camp and they are scouring it clean. The water levels are hovering around typical mid summer levels. That is to say that the Montreal river landing ramp is only about half submerged – I was down at the rapids north of Penassi (caught a lot of fish) and the large rock in the center of the rapid is about a foot out of the water and the second rock (to its left facing down stream) is also above the water. The weeds have had a very good start and weed beds are flourishing.

I have just been informed by Baxter TWD that it is now time for the scheduled dump outing and that I must wrap this meaningless drivel up. So off I go on another perfectly ordinary day.