NorthernWinos
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Today was Game Fishing Opener in Minnesota....one of the Social Events of the Year ...more popular than deer hunting, which ranks high up there.
Jim had our wheat and corn planted so we thought it would be a good day to do a Road-Trip head South and visit some friends in our old stomping grounds...
With very cold temperatures the towns lacked the 'Carnival Atmosphere' that is usually in the air...
One of the bigger of the 10,000 Minnesota lakes is Leech lake...it was pretty grim...
Usually full of boats...there was still a skiff of rotten ice floating around...
Even the gulls weren't going in there...Most of the area gulls are on the golf courses...
All the docks and boat ramps were pretty empty....
Yes...that is ice pushed up on the rocks....The DNR were warning fishermen to watch the winds as the winds drift the ice into bays and could block a boat ramp you entered the lake on.
The towns were pretty empty....Guess in the area town where we use to live the 'Carnival Atmosphere' was yesterday... here is one of my friends entertaining the Governor...she's on the right.
Today they were rolling up the big tents....But it was the day the Governor chose to fish on Pelican Lake across from one of our friends house...there was still some Press and Security going on...Haven't heard if he caught anything...other than a cold.
We had a fun day...visited friends...did a plant exchange of fruiting bushes for the 'Wine-Effort'.
On the way home we entertained the thought of stopping at one of the Casinos, soak up some atmosphere, leave a 'donation' and grab something to eat.....Guess where all the fishermen are?????
So it was a good day....Guess there was some snow here after we left, so didn't have to see that and break our spirits.....We got to hug some friends....Get some plants...and found a great 'road-kill'....a new live jacket was on the road...must have blown out of a fishing boat....
Life is Good!!!
Jim had our wheat and corn planted so we thought it would be a good day to do a Road-Trip head South and visit some friends in our old stomping grounds...
With very cold temperatures the towns lacked the 'Carnival Atmosphere' that is usually in the air...
One of the bigger of the 10,000 Minnesota lakes is Leech lake...it was pretty grim...
Usually full of boats...there was still a skiff of rotten ice floating around...
Even the gulls weren't going in there...Most of the area gulls are on the golf courses...
All the docks and boat ramps were pretty empty....
Yes...that is ice pushed up on the rocks....The DNR were warning fishermen to watch the winds as the winds drift the ice into bays and could block a boat ramp you entered the lake on.
The towns were pretty empty....Guess in the area town where we use to live the 'Carnival Atmosphere' was yesterday... here is one of my friends entertaining the Governor...she's on the right.
Today they were rolling up the big tents....But it was the day the Governor chose to fish on Pelican Lake across from one of our friends house...there was still some Press and Security going on...Haven't heard if he caught anything...other than a cold.
We had a fun day...visited friends...did a plant exchange of fruiting bushes for the 'Wine-Effort'.
On the way home we entertained the thought of stopping at one of the Casinos, soak up some atmosphere, leave a 'donation' and grab something to eat.....Guess where all the fishermen are?????
So it was a good day....Guess there was some snow here after we left, so didn't have to see that and break our spirits.....We got to hug some friends....Get some plants...and found a great 'road-kill'....a new live jacket was on the road...must have blown out of a fishing boat....
Life is Good!!!
