South Dakota (Subtitle: "This is the First Time I Have Ever Caught My Limit of Walleyes!")

Thanks to Mike's son, Terry, the boat was delivered to Pierre, South Dakota and was ready and waiting when we arrived. After getting settled into the city campground in Fort Pierre ($10 a night for water and electric), we hit the water to do a little pre-fishing before Bonnie and Barry arrived.

That first day, Mike got a couple and I got skunked. Sad thing was, I was really trying, I hadn't even brought a book along. When we got back to the campground, all sites were filled with old clunkers... seems there is a local group of "30 somethings" who do this every year to save sites for the holiday weekend. When B and B arrived the next day, they had to camp at the City of Pierre Campground across the river.

When they got settled in, Barry bought his 3-day license and caught a couple of "keepers" the first day out. The second day, the wind blew the boys off the river with nothing in the livewell. It was on the third day that history was made; it was the first time ever that Barry caught his limit of walleyes.

After instruction from Masterchef Mike, he even fried up his catch... with some help from Miss Bonnie.
And then it was time to say goodbye to B and B. Traveling with them during the spring was fun, a little wet and a little cold, some amazing scenery, some good laughs and good food, to say nothing about the wine... Thanks for the memories!

And it ended with a good fishing trip - good because we enjoyed ourselves (boy is that Bonnie a competitive indoor shuffle board player) ... and ate fish!

Now, on to summer in Minnesota.