More Goose Hunting

October 4th (Friday)
In the morning we were eager to go and check on our hot spring pool. We were a little nervous that we would find it empty once again, so we were very pleased when we saw that it still had water. The water had dropped about a foot, and the temperature was also quite cool, so we opened the inflow somewhat, to a flow that was a bit quicker than we used to leave it at, hoping that it would fill back up and become a good temperature. Later in the day we checked on it again, and were pleased to see that the water level had risen about six inches, but the temperature still needed more warming. 

When we went over to the hot spring in the evening, it was lovely. The water had risen even more, and was only an inch or two below where it used to be. The temperature was also quite nice, and it felt like such a luxury to be submerged in wonderful hot, fresh water once again.  Ah, we are getting spoiled. We were very happy that our repair work on the pool had worked. Hopefully it will last.

We went out goose hunting, and managed to get two Canada Geese.

One was younger than the other; it was noticeable because both the breasts and legs were somewhat smaller, although still big.

We ground up the meat from the four legs, both of the older bird’s breasts, and some of the younger bird’s breast.  It gave us four meals worth of ground meat to bag and put in the freezer. 

With the breast meat from the young goose that we did not grind up, Jason sliced it thinly and fried it for us for dinner. It was delicious. 

We saw the mom bear with the three cubs again. It is interesting because they do not seem very afraid of us, which of course is not a good thing. We have noticed that the mom with one cub, and the mom with two cubs, are very skittish. The single bear, however, and now also the mom with the three cubs, are much less timid. I wonder why the difference.