Saturday, August 18, 2012

The day started pretty much the same with me and dog up early for some fishing from camp. Once my wife was awake I attempted to take the canoe out solo to do some fishing for walleye while she read and watched the dog at camp. I made it about 200 yards from camp toward the opposite shoreline when my dog decided it was not ok for me to leave the pack. With me across the lake my dog dove off the rocks and into the water after me. He made it across the lake to where I was and followed me back to camp. You could see the relief on his face when we were back at camp. Almost like “oh boy that was close, thought I lost you there for a minute”. I guess I found out just how loyal and attached my dog is to me.

After I abandoned the fishing idea we cooked up some pancakes for breakfast and decided to take it easy around the site for the day. My shoulder was still hurting pretty good and I wanted to rest it for the long portage back to Poplar the following day. The day consisted of more fishing, napping, reading, playing with the dog, swimming, and general laziness.
After dinner we concluded the day with a sunset paddle around the lake. During the paddle I trolled a crank bait and caught the lone walleye of the trip. Would have been a good eater size around 16-17” but we had already eaten so back it went. It was a very peaceful paddle with a great sunset. Even the dog appreciates the sunsets up there. Each night he sat on the rocks looking west as the sun went down almost looked like he was soaking it up like we were. Back at camp it was a cup of hot chocolate with Baileys and some star gazing and then bedtime.