Saturday, July 13, 2019. Packed our bags, settled our accounts at the front office and were on the road by 9 AM. Thanked Rosemary for being our guide on our memory trip and wished her luck on her second week at Smith Camps. We made it through customs without a hitch (even with 6 frozen …
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Record Catch and Sunset
Friday, July 12, 2019. Everyone was up and ready to fish by 6:30 at Mud Bay. Rosemary’s boat brought back 6 walleye (LeAnn -3, Mitch 2, and Rosemary 1 big one). Mark’s boat brought back 6 too (5 Pike and 1 Walleye (Robin 2, Jane 4). After soup, sandwich, salad, s’mores, we boated out to …
Do eagles swim?
Thursday, July 11, 2019. Mark, Mitch, Jane, and Dee Ann took off early in the morning to fish in Moore Bay and caught 5 fish and brought back 2 ( 1 Northern Pike and 1 Walleye). While they were fishing they saw all kinds of wildlife but one was a first. They saw a bald …
Today began and ended with a Bang!
Wednesday, July 10, 2019. We woke up to rain this morning after thunderstorms all night so we got a later start today. Mark, Mitch and Jane fished in Moore Bay and caught 10 fish but brought back 4 fish ( 2 Nothern Pikes over 20” and 2 Walleyes). They had so much fun they didn’t …
What a Catch!
Tuesday, 7/9/2019. Today was all about fish. We got out on the lake just after breakfast and caught over a dozen fish by noon. We ended up taking home 6 Northern Pikes, 2 walleye, and 2 small mouth bass. Everyone caught fish but Elaine and Rosemary. Dee Ann caught a Northern Pike that was 4-5 …
Writing on the Wall
Monday, 7/8/2019. We got up and packed our picnic lunches including Dee Ann’s fresh baked Texas Ranger cookies and headed for a spot none of us had ever seen except Rosemary. We motored through the choppy water to Blindfold lake. We docked our boats on a railcar and hand cranked our boat from Lake of …
Reminiscing at Fowler’s Minnesabic Island
Sunday, 7/7/2019. Started our morning by getting acquainted with the boat and Lake of Woods again. We motored down to Copper Island and put our lines in the water and didn’t get a single bite. Both boats headed over to Minnesabic Island to begin our memory tour and we tied up to the dock to …
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Arrived at Smith Camps
Saturday, July 6, 2019 – Car #2 drove to International Falls airport to pick up LeAnn and Mitch Teixeira who flew in from Portland, OR. All enjoyed a great supper at the Old Pilots Pub at Smith Camps.
Over the Border
The first car(Dee Ann, Mark, Jane and Rosemary crossed over the border into Canada T 11:30 a.m.. Dee Ann just discovered she has km/h on her speedometer. 😂🤣
Made it to Duluth, Minnesota
We finished our 12 hour travel day at Duluth. Leaving from Rosemary’s place at 7:30 a.m. we reached Beloit, Wisconsin around noon for a lunch stop at a Culver’s (how appropriate being we’re in the state where Culver’s was established). After more hours of driving we just crossed the Minnesota border into Duluth. We spotted …
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