Tues. July 19th
TAXES DUE
Bonjour Grann,
I wanted to smoke cure my salmon today, but wild animals tore into my soaking salmon! At this rate I'll be dead and starving by winter! Happily, it wasn't a total bust, I caught three crabs in my crab pot. And I'll use an empty crab pot in the future to store my soaking fish. That way they'll stay fresh and be safe against marauders.
I don't think I have to worry about smoking crabmeat for winter preservation, there will be fresh crab meat in the cold winter months, and maybe even some Chinook salmon running. But I'll need to preserve food if I want to survive through winter.
I had a pessimistic mind, Grann. I was thinking I wouldn't catch any fish. Bijou and I settled on a low rock, near the water, overlooking the south side of my island. I started thinking of the island as Ti Zile, for little island.
We were southwest of Sea Lion Sand, when I unpacked our steamed crab and strawberries for breakfast, and set up the fishing reels. It was a hunch that told me the place was overflowing with fish. And I ended up catching enough fish to replace the fish the marauders stole. I doubled my count plus an additional chinook salmon!
