Yesterday, June 29th, I was invited out in boat so I went. For someone who is a Newfie, this was only my third time out in a speed boat and each time I have been out in speed boat I have been in Labrador! Yes, that is funny!

Well yesterday we left around 10:30 and headed up the bay (that way is ice free)! But before we headed up the bay, he brought me where Torsten Andersen first landed in Makkovik. When he first came here he wrote on the rock, "Prepare to Meet Thy God". Every year someone from the Andersen family comes back to paint it on the rock. Wow! He must have been a man of great faith! I think it is absolutely awesome! God's creation is in its absolute beauty here in Labrador.

After Johnny showed me that we ended up the bay to do some fishing! We went right to the very end of the bay. After all the times I snowmobiled on the bay, everything looked completely different. I seen cabins I never seen. I must have always been concentrated on the things ahead of me! ha ha! Well when we got to the very end of the bay it was like we had entered a different world. It was completely serene and breath-taking. How beautiful. You have to slow way down and go up the mouth of a river and then you turn into a cove called Boats Cove. Beautiful. We landed the boat and went about fishing.

Alright, so it was the first time that I had ever used a open cast rod... let's say I must have patience. I must have knotted up my line 5 times before Ifigured out how to use it! I usually use a close reel when I go fishing with dad. But DAD, watch out, I'll be taking your open-face reel the summer! Actually, probably not! But I did get the hang of it eventually. Well we had little luck fishing at the cove so we went and ate lunch. I tried smoked trout for the first time and to my surprise I actually liked it more like loved it. It was the nicest tasting fish!

After lunch we headed up the bay again where we fished from the boat. Johnny caught a few and I caught a trout and 4 sculpins! They have to be the ugliest fish ever and they are no good to eat you just have to throw them back. And no... it wasn't the same one I caught everytime! It was definitely different ones. Once, I thought I had a huge trout or char and it was a little bit of a struggle to get him into the boat. To my disappointment I hauled up a huge SCULPIN! Well we laughed and I think that was the last thing that I caught!

Then we returned back to Makkovik Harbour where Johnny hauled up a fishing net. That was pretty cool! I never seen that done before... yep, and I am a Newfie, I assure you!

Anyway, a great day was had and I returned home around 4:15! Nice day!