Fishing
Three things must be clear from the photo below: Sandy is pretty secure in his fishing ability, he must love to fish and he has a good sense of humor!
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This photo was taken on a trip to Sandy Beach Lodge in Canada. It was also our Christmas card in 1986 (Haven't we aged "gracefully"?). We did a series of Christmas cards in our Osh Kosh bibs. It was a fun time and led us to take many more fishing photos through the years.
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Sandy is thrilled to have a grandson who loves to fish. In fact, it is difficult to get the young one off the lake to eat! On the left is a nice walleye that Sandy caught on the Opener one spring. In the center is our older grandson when he stayed with us at the cabin in 2001. On the right they hold a somewhat smaller fish in 2005. They are real fishing buddies! In 2005 we got him interested in hunting, so soon they will also be hunting buddies!
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On the left, Jodie's nephew and his son fish off the dock. On the right is her great-nephew's first-ever fish. We asked him if he wanted to put it back in the lake or if he wanted to eat it. The look on his face when he asked, "EAT it?" was priceless. We will make a fisherman out of him yet!
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We used to take an ice fishing trip to Lake of the Woods each winter. Friends change and plans change so we no longer make that trip. With our winter trip to Las Vegas, it was getting difficult to schedule. Sandy has given our portable ice fishing house to the grandsons and he hopes to get out fishing with them before we leave for the winter and after we return home in the spring, if there is still safe ice on the lakes.
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It was always toasty warm in the ice house and pretty great--a hot breakfast in the resort, a hot meal in the ice house, great transportation to and from the resort and a wonderful evening meal. Sandy had a nice walleye above.
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"Welcome to the house." A little pose on the ice--walking on water.
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Perhaps we are crazy to enjoy ice fishing. However, starting the day with a view like this, who can help but love it?
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We are hoping that Brian and the boys enjoy some winter fishing in our portable house. They live near some of the best ice fishing in the state!
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In the past we used to do Christmas photos that were our silhouettes. On the left is one that we did commemorating our summer fishing and on the right is our winter fishing. While the photos were great fun to do, it was difficult to come up with a new idea each year. The winter one was especially difficult because it was almost 20 degrees below zero when we took it and Sandy kept slipping and falling when he ran from the camera to sit down.
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So--It's "Bye" for now as the master angler heads out with all of his fishing buddies!
