Monday, May 18, 2009

Hullo...and Welcome to Mahana

Mahana Lodge
After our month of camping in February we decided to settle down for a little while. On the 3rd of March we headed up to Marborough Sounds where we got jobs working at a place called Mahana Lodge. It is located in the Endeavor Inlet off the Queen Charlotte trek. Natalie cleans the Lodge and Bobby does whatever needs to be done, mow lawns, chop fire wood, weed the garden, carry the luggage off the boats, etc. We work about 3 1/2 a day and have the rest of the day to fish, hike, read, or whatever else we come up with. John and Ann our the owners and have been so gracious to us. John told Bobby at the begining catching fish is apart of his chores when the weather suits. So on average John and Bobby fish about 2-3 times a week. There are so many cool species of fish and every trip brings something new and exciting. Being right off of the Queen Charlotte Trek, we decided that it was time to do another hike, so on our day off we hike a section of the trek and stayed at "The Blue Water Lodge" a friend of John and Ann's owns it. His name is Rod and we quickly became good friends. Rod later took us sailing on his 36ft Sail Boat and took us back to Mahana. Natalie got to man the helm all way home, it was awesome!


Beach at Mahana


Nice a Kahawai caught off the warf


Natalie getting sailing directions from Rod. At one point the wind picked up and the boat was leaning far on the starboard side, it felt like it was going to tip over. Luckly Natalie turned into the wind and brought us back on track.

Storm comming in over Mt. Stoke

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