Still Up North

First off, Mike has finally caught a fish - yes, that is singular, only one, but it was a beauty! While fishing for muskie with this big honking thing... He caught a 19 inch Large Mouth Bass that was at least 6 pounds...

And it did make his day!

The fish was caught on Leech Lake. The next day, we went on Cass Lake and took the tour of Andrusia and Wolf Lakes. The Mississippi River flows through these lakes and they are teaming with wildlife so it was more of a photographic journey than a fishing experience. We saw eagles flying...

and a young one perched in the tree.

We saw deer frolicking in the front yard of a home that was for sale - great incentive to buy...

We saw ducks hanging out with friends... and enjoying an afternoon nap...

At least till we came along and woke them up.

And we saw loons, many many loons. These were nice enough to pose for us.

This mother was very protective of her young one. The baby was just learning to dive and didn't stay under very long.

They finally just turned their backs on us and swam away.

It was a wonderful day on the water!

And yesterday, we took a drive to see our friends, Craig and Roseann. They were our bosses when we worked the Hickory Farms Kiosk in the mall by San Diego. During the summer, they manage Camp Itasca, a campground by the north entrance to Itasca State Park. Last fall, they sold Christmas Trees in Victoria, Texas - now that sounds like fun to me, but Mike thinks it sounds like work... maybe. Anyway, we had a very nice visit and it was fun for Bobbi and David to meet them. Roseanne would like to join us again in Quartzite and says hi to all of you who they met there.

Till next time...