Sunday May 18, 2008

 

 

Day Five in Minnesota

Friday

This was my day of total relaxation and vacation.  Bob and Cerwin asked if I wanted to go along on their fishing trip.  They didn’t have to ask me twice!

 

 

 My first photo opportunity happened when we came upon this porcupine.  I had never seen one up a tree.

 

 

Shortly after that two deer crossed the road in front of us.  If we had not seen them, we certainly would not have seen them in their natural camouflage.

 

 

 Our first fishing stop was at Gilstad.  They did not catch any fish, but I enjoyed the wildlife.

 

 

Cormorant

 

 

 Beaver

 

 

 Forster’s Tern

 

 

 From there we delivered a mirror frame (with mirror included) that Bob designed for this home.  Bob is a skilled cabinet maker, as well as pastor of Kitchi Pines Mennonite Church.

 

 

 These are cabinets he built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The owner built this wood duck house to match his house.

 

 

 

 After lunch we went to the dock at Bemidji.

 

 

 I enjoyed watching the lesser terns catch fish

 

 

 

 

This female common merganser tried to join another merganser couple.

 

 

The male merganser did not consider having an affair with this lady and immediately chased her away. 

 

 

 

 

  

Our men did not catch any fish, but another fisherman on the dock hooked this nice bass.

 

 

He graciously held it for me before throwing it back in the lake.  Bass is not yet in season.

 

 

Sunset outside Bob and Doris’ window.

Toward evening the men went to the hospital to visit a church member, then back to the Bemidji dock.  Fishing is supposed to be better at night.

 

 

 Doris and the mothers played a game.

 

 

 The men were pleased with their catch tonight – seven nice-sized walleye.  The largest was twenty inches.  This photo was taken by Bob after midnight.