Fishing and Travelling

Fishing has been on the daily agenda and Caleb has decided that he really likes Walleye fishing, so he topped his last catch by hauling in this 26.5" Walleye!  Once again it was catch and release, keeping smaller fish for great dinners.

Then it was almost an inferno because we had to fit 13 candles on the birthday cake this year!!

Back to fishing...Grampa is ready with the net for Caleb's next catch from the south end of Russell Island on Lake of the Woods.

The catch this time?  A 33" Northern Pike!  Definitely catch and release...

after it sufficiently slimed his new Pike shirt!

And with that another wonderful trip to Sioux Narrows drew to a close.  We left Canada on July 11th and traveled to East Grand Forks, Minnesota to refill the pantry and take in a movie on Caleb's real birthday- July 12th.  This time it was Despicable Me 2...a pretty good sequel to the original.  After two nights it was time to hit the road with a hot & muggy stop in Oacoma, South Dakota followed by a stop at the Cabela's campground in Sidney, Nebraska.  We've been on the back roads, passing by farms and deserted towns to our stop this evening at the NRA Whittington Center campground in Raton, New Mexico.  We're making tracks towards Arizona and anticipate one more night on the road before arriving home.

Walleye to Water- Sioux Narrows, Ontario- Canada

 We have been spending our days on Lake of the Woods in Sioux Narrows, Ontario.  After a few days of light rain, the skies cleared for great days of fishing and fun in the water!  Caleb caught a couple of huge Walleye this trip!  The one pictured above was 24" long!  Too big to keep and eat, so after a picture it went back into the lake.  Not to worry, the guys brought home their limit of smaller fish for a great dinner.  In the next post we'll show you his next Big Walleye...

 After fishing, Caleb hit the water with swimming and knee boarding!  The water is warming up everyday.  Surface temperature started at 68 degrees when we first arrived and is up to 73 now.  Of course, none of that matters to Caleb!  He'll be in the water no matter what!

 Don't worry, we haven't been consumed by activity...there's been time for a little R&R too!

 With another week in the north, we will continue to capture the howls of the wolves and the call of the loons echoing across the waters of Lake of the Woods.