What a beautiful, gorgeous day! We went to the Bait and Bite for breakfast and to get some more minnows. Met Tom and Cindy there, with their son Kyle and his wife and kids. We drove over to the Pine Aire Resort to deliver the picture that I had taken of Tuck Hammond. His wife was at the cabin and broke down in tears over the picture. It is really hard for them to give up coming to the lake, but after Tucks heart attack he just doesn't want to do the work it takes to come out and fish any more. Mom got her address and I will get a good 8 x 10 made at Kinkos to send to them. We came home and got ready to go out on the lake. We fished till around 2. Dad caught a big one that had to go back. Mom caught a keeper and I got skunked. The lake was just like glass in spots, little to no wind and just some high clouds, what a great day! The lake was actually too calm to fish, so we headed in. Mom and I convinced Dad to let me drive the boat in it was so calm. That was great fun. Mom took some pictures. We had decided to drive down to see the bear sanctuary at Orr. This was another neat place. It is where Vince Schulte started to feed the bears as a way to stop them from raiding the cook shacks for the loggers. He ended up feeding 50 -85 bears everyday. Mom and Dad have videos of when they went down there while Vince was still alive and helped him feed the bears. The volunteers today feed them nuts and fruits, not the donuts and cookies that Vince fed. We saw about 10 bears and maybe 11 cubs in the hour we were in there. I took lots of pictures and got some really good ones. Mom and Dad told the guides some stories about coming out and talking to Vince. They also told him about a quilt that was made to tell the story of Vince and the bears. We stopped to see it in the Amreican Inn at Orr. We had dinner at the Dam restaraunt I had a delicious steak, cajun seasoning and melted blue cheese on it, yum! Got home about 8:30 and started getting ready to leave Friday.
