THE NEXT MORNING GRANDMA AND GRANDPA GOT UP EARLY. GRANDPA WENT DOWN TO WORK ON HIS BOAT, SO THAT HE COULD GET IT OVERBOARD. THERE HAD BEEN SO MUCH SNOW THAT HE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO DO MUCH WORK ON IT. DAD GOT UP NEXT AND WENT DOWN TO HELP GRANDPA. AUNT ELLINOR AND UNCLE GUNNAR, ELFI AND RANDI WERE COMING OVER TO DINNER ON THE ONE O’CLOCK BUS, SO IN THE AFTERNOON THERE WAS MORE HELP TO GET THE BOAT OVERBOARD.
WELL AFTER DINNER WE ALL HELPED OUT TO GET THE MOTOR, OARS, ANCHOR AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS DOWN TO THE BOAT. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE IT WAS OVERBOARD.
WE HAD THE FISHING EQUIPMENT WITH US AND SOME MUSSELS FOR BAIT. RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THE MOTOR TO BE INSTALLED, WE ROWED OUT TO THE NEAREST FISHING PLACE. THE BOAT IS REALLY TOO BIG TO ROW, BUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOOD AND WITH ONE MAN AT EACH OAR, IT GOES SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
WHILE GRANDPA AND UNCLE GUNNAR WERE INSTALLING THE MOTOR, DAD SUPERVISED THE FISHING WHICH CONSISTED MOSTLY OF BAITING THE HOOKS FOR ELFI AND MYSELF. WE ONLY CAUGHT TWO OR THREE SMALL COD.
THIS IS GRANDPA BY HIS BOAT JUST BEFORE IT WAS PUT OVERBOARD.