Message from Pete

many years ago when steve kangas was about 4 he came from the lake (lac la belle) carrying a clam. the clam was alive as it was closed. when closed they are very hard to open especially for a little boy. it requires a sharp knive type object to pry the two halves apart. i was sitting between lana's and vaari's camps passing the time visiting with bill tolkkinen. steve comes up to bill and asks him "how do i get this clam to open". bill said you have go hold it in the palms of your hands and say "open sesame" three times and the clam will open. steve looked at bill and first off he didn't believe bill and second of all he didn't know what sesame meant (neither do i). so he stood there for a time and then wandered off behind a small stand of balsam evergreen trees a few feet away from us and then we looked and saw the clam in steve's hands and he was saying "open sesame" many times over. then of a sudden he throws the clam in disgust on the ground and
mutters to himself "ah nuts". it was a genuine real life humorous moment.