I guess I need to get into the habit of actually writing stuff here... otherwise it is just another stale web site.
The end of January... winter seems to have us in its death grip; not only in the Mid-West, but the rest of the country is also having its ice storms and severe cold temps, too.
We had our guys' ice-fishing trip two weeks ago; 9 guys traveling 6 hours in an RV and minivan to Lake of the Woods to spend two full days fishing in shacks on the ice in hopes of catching big fish. The usual suspects attended... Bobby (the organizer), Jeff (usually the target of all criticism), Kent, Gianni, Tommy V., Matt (the new guy), Pete, Kenny and me. Unfortunately, Chris moved to Colorado this past year...
Sounds ideal... at least to us. We set our 'keep' limit to 13", so out of the entire group, we only kept 9 fish the first day, and 12 the second. Not great, but we had a great time. Sportsman's Lodge in Baudette, MN is a nice place to stay and eat. The "hot lunch on the ice" option is very nice; you can't beat someone delivering your lunch. It's like living with your mom, again. :-)
Last weekend, we had a swim meet in Red Wing, MN. We haven't done many of these before... and had never attended a traveling meet. We only signed up for the Sunday morning portion... but got to Red Wing on Saturday afternoon. We met the entire group at the bowling alley for a little "west and welaxation", before going to a restaurant with the entire group. It was fun to hang with this crowd. A group of us staying at the Days Inn (note to self: don't ever just stay at the hotel that the group got a discount at... there is usually a reason for the discount), and we hung out at the pool after dinner. Once again, a great group to hang our with.
I posted a video on YouTube of one of Kyle's "butterfly stroke" races...
Kyles Butterfly stroke at Red Wing
I also uploaded the video to this page... I'll see how that works. I like YouTube for its video sharing capabilities... but sometimes it is cumbersome to navigate... for neophytes.
This weekend we are preparing for another ice fishing trip... this is the trip where JJ and I rent a sleeper with 4 bunks and stay on the ice for 2 nights and fish with the kids. Kyle and Kaitlyn are very excited about going with us. I will take pictures with my new Nikon CoolPix camera. I only bought this camera so I don't have to lug the big digital SLR around with me. When I bought it, I was thinking specifically of our upcoming Hawaii trip in March 2009... but I already love this camera.
Anyway, keep warm...
Tom
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