My summer vacation

Well my vacation started with my parents not being home when I got home to start my vacation. Turns out I showed up on the wrong week...... according to my Mom. So with no one around I went over and hung out with my brother all day, which was great. Around 11 pm my Mom and Dad roll in, they were in the cities for my nieces' graduation. Once my Mom got home it was time to make plans, and it turned out best if I was to go to Canada fishing the first couple days. (Because lets keep in mind I arrived on the wrong week.)  So I got a hold of my Uncle Rick and headed North. I spent three days in Canada fishing. It wasn't as good as recent years... We caught a lot of fish but most of them were rats; we caught very few slotters but we did catch some nice fish too.




















 I caught a 22" walleye and Rick wasn't far behind with a 20".... and then there was the muskie.

Well turns out I couldn't net 'em.  As soon as I put the camera down he made a surge under the boat and broke the line. That fish pulled us around the lake for 25+ minutes before showing himself.
Well we left the cabin on Fri morning to get ready for my cousin's wedding on Sat.

 When we got back to Ricks house we unloaded everything and started to prep the motor home for the trip. That's when he saw a dead humming bird on the ground.

What I thought was really cool is you couldn't see the red unless it was at the perfect angle.











So I got back home and went fishing with my cousin Corey. He took me to Fish Lake which is right by his house and we caught some nice fish there also.... I can't remember but I think his biggest was around 23 something.

I caught a couple walleye and pike but nothing worth getting a pic of. From there I put on my best camo and crashed the wedding reception. It was a good time and I got to see a lot of the family I never get to see.

CONGRATS LANCE I hope your marriage is healthy and happy.

While I was at the reception my Uncle Dave invited me to go out the next morning with him on Lake Superior. So we met up in the a.m. Sunday morning for a couple hours of trolling. We hooked up right out the gate with this little greaser and then didn't get a sniff the rest of the time.

 With the winds coming from the N NE it wasn't too long before the rollers started to stack up and we headed for the barn. I just want to give a shout out to Dave's boat, I think he said it's a Dory.  Man what an awesome little boat for the big lake.

This is the lift bridge on the way in.

So when we got in it was off to my Aunt Renee's for a little get together at her cabin on Prairie Lake. Super nice cabin and time catching up with everyone. The food was very good and those taters....mmmmm.
Thanks Nae.
Since we were at a lake Corey and I with his daughter Addy went out fishing for a while. I think the only fish caught was my pike but it was a good time. Addy did a great job and hung with us in the wind until it was time to go. That was a lot of fun to go out with her.
Monday we rallied the troops and headed for the shack to mow the lawn. On the way out we saw something I have never seen up there and that was a TURKEY. Yep, saw a hen turkey trying to cross the road and then decided better of it. I had been hearing that they have been seeing turkeys up that way but that was the first one I have seen up there. AWESOME

This is a shot of my Dad mowing, it just struck me funny and to quote Forrest Gump," And 'cause I was gazillionaire and I liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free. ..."

 So that was my vacation I hung around Monday and left Tuesday morning to get home to my beautiful loving wife Tuesday evening.
I just wanted to say a huge "Thank you" to my whole family it was a great vacation and it was really great to see everyone again.