It has been awhile since I last posted but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing anything fun and worth reporting. Quite the contrary actually; I’m sure I’m not the only one who fills their summers full of adventures and activities to take advantage of the beautiful summers we enjoy in Minnesota. [Read more…]
With the exception of a few years, we always have a group that heads to Leech Lake for the Minnesota walleye opener. Our family has a long history with the lake. Since I have been going up, we have had groups as large as eight in one cabin and this year we were down to three: my grandpa, my dad, and me. My grandpa has been going up to Leech Lake for opening fishing since the 1960s. I love hearing his stories of driving up in a school bus that his relatives had converted into a RV. They didn’t have paved roads in some areas and every once in a while, they had to get out of the bus, run alongside, and push to get through the mud. Those were the good old days! [Read more…]