Nim, did you ask if " they" got any deer? No, actually, WE didn' t. Seak and mini-seak and I went around to the other side of Douglas today, and crawled, tripped and fell through the slash left by the helicopter logging (Note to self: laughing too hard at Seak when he suddenly disappears through a hole will cause self to fall backwards off log.) Never got out of the slash. We saw a lot of sign, but the rat-ta-tat-tat noises coming out of mini-seak' s mouth wasn' t conducive to seeing what was leaving the sign. Okay, truth be told, I wasn' t super quiet either, but it was impossible NOT to step on sticks. At least I didn' t make fighter plane noises. Outloud, anyway. I froze on the way back in the boat, but overall had a lot of fun.

I really like " the" boat--of course, with the flat bottom it does bounce, but I feel really safe in it. When the other two kids are with us, I' m going to claim the rights of an adult and sit on an ice chest behind the steering console--fewer bumps, and Seak will block the wind! The boat really skips along--we have the 90 HP with prop on. I know Seak will get on here and give you all the lowdown. Bottom line--I' m happy with the boat!

VBM--Chez Juno is back open to you--just watch your p' s and q' s, mister!