Wednesday, June 22, 2005 The wife and I awaken and make coffee and have a bagel before we head out to go fishing. We head north and west toward Bottle Lake. We want to see the rapids we have been hearing for the past couple of days. We catch several nice smallmouth on the way  the water is high and the fish are right on the bank close to the brush. They hit as soon as the lure hits the water. Kim hooks one close to or over 5 pounds and loses it right at the boat... but the fight was fun. We continue fishing and catching smaller fish. We finally get to Bottle Rapids where the water is running full over the rocks  We get a call on the radio that our oldest son Jonathan has seen a snake at camp, and so we head back to avert the "danger" We get back to camp to find a nice sized garter snake with a hole in the rocks at camp... The wind starts to pick up from the south and the heat intensifies so we hang hammocks and relax for the afternoon... tomorrow is a moving day... So we have our everning meal and prepare for the moved the next day... during the afternoon clouds have moved in and the humidity has increased... I tell the wife that storms are coming... I just don't know when... We go to bed that evening early so we can get an early start the next day... the heat does not let up during the night so we have to sleep on top of the sleeping bags... the wind does not let up either... I have a feeling of pending bad weather coming... I know the kids would not be able to handle the severe storms that could come while sitting in a tent... so I make a decision in my mind to go ahead and start early and just push on out a day early... the kids are about done in... with the heat and the bugs/mosquitos... I finally drift off into a fitfull sleep.