Pitching in

Posted by on Friday, August 7, 2009 at 7:38 am

The jobs at an outpost camp are always best shared.  Working together is better than having one person do all the work. 

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While Karen is cleaning up some dishes, Bill is preparing his world famous Ceasar salad.

Once the prep and work part is done, everyone can sit down and enjoy the meal and evening with ...read more.

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Another reaches 30 trips!

Posted by on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 7:33 am

Last fall I wrote about Ed Pierce from Wisc who completed his 30th fishing adventure with us since we arrived in 1985.  Last month his brother Jim completed his 30th too!

Jim writes:

“This was my 30th trip to Metionga lake and each year the fish get healthier and consistently bigger by weight. It was great to see you guys ...read more.

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Escape

Posted by on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 7:29 am

On Thurs evening Karen and I managed to escape to Flindt Lake with my cousin Bill and his wife Dawn from Las Vegas.  Bill and Dawn were in the area to visit Bill’s dad and to attend Bill Sr.’s 80th birthday party.

Of course, a walleye fish fry was in order and in short order a few walleye were made ...read more.

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July? We are happy it’s over!

Posted by on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 6:48 am

We’ve been fighting the weather this whole summer. July really wasn’t much of a summer month. I don’t think we even hit temperatures that came close to seasonal. Yesterday morning we could see our breath. The month of July has been more like Sept or early Oct. No sun tans among our crew. I am wearing a sweat shirt and ...read more.

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