GRAND SLAM LODGE
REINDEER LAKE
SECOND DAY OF FUN
ON THIS DAY FLOYD TOOK MARK AND I OUT ON THE ICE OF REINDEER LAKE TO SHOW THE KIDS HOW TO NET FISH UNDER THE ICE. THE TEMPERATURE WAS A NICE -27c WITH A LITTLE WIND SO THE VEHICLES WERE NICE FOR THE KIDS TO WARM UP IN. THERE WAS 8 KIDS TO SEE HOW THE NET WORKS AND ONE PARENT ASKED NOT TO HAVE THEIR KIDS IN THE PICTURES. SO I USED A LITTLE AIR BRUSHING FROM MY PHOTOSHOP PROGRAM TO MAKE THE KIDS DISAPPEAR.
FLOYD WAS ABLE TO GET THE KIDS TO DO MOST OF THE WORK WITH RAISING AND LOWERING THE NET.
THE FUN PART OF PULLING THE NET AND TO SEE HOW MANY FISH ARE IN THE NET.
PLAYING WITH WET FISH AND A WET NET AT THESE TEMPERATURES MAKES FOR LOTS OF EXTRA DRY MITTS.
WITH ALL THE FISH FROM THE NET TAKEN CARE OF AND THE KIDS ALL BACK AT THE LODGE FOR HOT CHOCOLATE TO WARM UP. MARK AND I HEADED OUT TO DO A LITTLE ICE FISHING WITH THE VEHICLES IN WARM COMFORT.
THIS DOG CAN RUN AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETER PER HOUR UNTIL HE FINDS SOMETHING OF INTEREST WITH HIS NOSE.
FLOYD'S FAVORITE FISHING SPOT WHICH IS A QUICK DRIVE FROM THE LODGE.
WHILE EVERYBODY GOT BUSY FISHING, I TOOK A LITTLE WALK TO PHOTOGRAPH ICE.
EVEN AT THESE COLD TEMPERATURES, WATER IS STILL FLOWING DOWN THE ROCKS AND MAKING NICE ICE LAYERS.
IN THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO WALK A SHORT DISTANCE AND BACK, THREE FISH WERE CAUGHT OUT OF ONE HOLE. OF COURSE IT WAS NOT THE HOLE THAT MARK WAS FISHING FROM.
FLOYD EVEN SHOWED US HOW TO FISH IN COMFORT FROM HIS CHEVY TRUCK.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE THE CAMERA DIES BECAUSE OF NOT CHARGING UP THE BATTERY. OH WELL! WE HAD AND EXCELLENT TIME WITH FLOYD AND CAN'T WAIT TO HEAD BACK TO GRAND SLAM LODGE FOR SOME MORE FUN.