Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Camo-Romeo

Sunday, May 13, 2007

CSI (Crime Scene Investigators): Cannon River


Fishing season opener on the Cannon River. How do you do it? Well, first off, you have to have about 18 guys, 9 coolers full of beer, an assortment of meat, a generator, P.A. system, lights to illuminate the bean-bag toss games, floatation devices, bait, sunflower seeds, grill, turkey frier for deep-fried shrimp/potatoes/cheese curds/walleye/onions, tents, 2 chainsaws, iPods, first-aid kits, and gasoline.

Rightly so, we determined that our fleet was more like an armada. A canoe barge was constructed by lashing together 3 canoes with the middle one being solely a cargo ship. Then, we embark. Some choose to fish. Stops are made along the way. Other weekend pleasure-crafters pass us by with questionable looks as Creedence Clearwater Revival blares out over the peacefulness of the river. Some fish are caught, but mostly there's a lot of lounging in camp-chairs and passing of various bottles. It doesn't look good in print so much, but it's actually a pretty good time. The weather was beautiful (very rare for fishing opener weekend).

I'll leave it with the shelter that Boyce and I made when we found out that our tent poles and stakes were missing. After going through the trouble of erecting this lean-to, a fellow camper said, "Oh, I have an extra tent if you want to use it ...", so we did that, but the lean-to did protect our snacks and the tent that didn't work.


All in all, a good time was had by all and we were out of there by 9AM to get cleaned up for Mothers' Day. Fairly uneventful, successful, and predictable, except for the fact that Buggy pondered going digital sometime during the afternoon(!). Let's wish him luck with that! Here he is preparing some "Dinner Surprise"!

P.S. Apologies to anyone who was kept awake by Boyce and myself demonstrating the art of fat dudes pretending to be AWA wrestlers in front of the bonfire. I think Boyce (aka The Bowler) hurt my shoulder in a figure-four smack-down. It's all part of the game, though. "And that is all the people need to know!".