Originally this vacation was going to be an all guys trip, just my dad, brothers and brother in laws. You know the kind of trips where the guys run around in camo, burp a lot and eat all things unhealthy because there wives aren't there. Wellll then they said that there would be enough room for husbands to bring their wives
if we were interested. I for one am
not in the habit of turning down vacations, but I wasn't sure if this was my type of vacation. After all someone said that if you don't like fishing
or eating fish you have no business in Canada ;). That posed a slight problem for me since I could count the number of times I've been fishing on one hand and fish isn't my favorite food (by a long shot) unless deeply fried, seasoned and disguised to not be so...uh...fishy. Anyway I thought about it and figured I could read or work on my tan if all else failed so off to Canada I went with the guys, my two sisters and niece.
And I'm so glad I did..
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| The guys are off for an evening of fishing |
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| Evie liked her "pet" minnows |
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| Lakeside nap |
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| Just him and I getting ready to leave the dock to go to crab claw lake. |
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| Hiking at nearby national park |
It shouldn't have been a surprise that I liked it so well since I love being in the outdoors and here we got to experience it everyday. There were bald eagles, snapping turtles, beavers and more. Hopping on a boat whenever you wanted and taking off across miles of lakes was so fun and refreshing. There were a couple days were my luck at fishing seemed all but non existent, but after I started catching fish and lots of them I started to think fishing wasn't all bad after all;) The days that it did require my patience I was often found with a magazine lounging in the boat. Other days we went tubing, swimming, shopping at a farmers market, blueberry picking, hiking and listening to fishing stories. The fishing stories were some of the best times. Everyone anticipated hearing them at supper time, everyone hopeful that everyone caught something and excited to share their stories.....even if a couple stories involved running boats into rocks (opps), getting caught in a rainstorm or thinking you had a GReat catch when in reality you'd caught someone
else's lure (Little Rascal's anyone?).
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| Fishing with the pro Walleye catcher |
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| Fishing at dawn |
I think it's safe to say I know more fishing "lingo" than I'll ever need to know and I have an admiration and awe of the Canadian land we were in. We had a great time in the beauty of Canada!
