Pics from 3 weekends

[Radnine]

Here are some snaps from my last four or five weekends (I have lost count).

Jen has been down and out with the flu, but is starting to bounce back and is, as I write, as grumpy as a bear with a sore ass. In fact, I have just got crap for not asking if there is "something that I can do to help instead of fiddling around on the computer". So I had better make this quick.

 

Today I flew from Brantford to Collingwood for breakfast.

My pal Chris built this beauty of an aircraft. It is a Whitman Tailwind and it flies like a dream. It has been forever since I got some stick time so I was absolutely jacked.

 

 

This is Will with Walter Gretzky. He signed about ten million autographs and hung in there from noon 'till into the evening. When I asked if I could get a photo he said "Sure!" and started to get up.

I said "No, Will can come around there".

He says "No, this will be better" and strikes the pose that you see here.

It was clearly an effort for him to get up and down, but he wouldn't have it any other way. Think about how many times he did that in that time. He is awesome.

The real beautiful thing is that my son (who is seven) never saw Gretzky play, but was still in awe while meeting his Dad.

 

 

Last is a bit of a trip to Rice a few weeks ago.

 

This was my home for the weekend. above the boat house at Springbank Camp.

 

 

Walleye that Dustin and I caught while trolling with Wally Divers near a certain island where the hunters were banging away like a broken shutter.

They were enjoyed that evening with Kraft Dinner, fried potatoes, Cronzy's, and cold beer.

 

 

This one I pulled in on Sunday morning while drifting and casting the same Wally Diver (kind of chartreuse with a pink tip) I had trolled with the day before. He came home with me.

 

 

Hope that all is well with all of you!

Jim

[irishfield]

Thanks Jim.. was one of those iffy looking days up here.. but no wind and had my last customer drop his airplane off today at noon.

 

That last eye looks like it's trying to swim up stream to get away from the knife...

[Paully]

Thanks for sharing... The picture with Walter is great, your son will have that forever.

[Greencoachdog]

... nothing like a current and timely report eh!

 

... we call those homemade single engine things "Death Traps"!!!

 

 

... decent fish.

[Stern Rules]

Radnine, when you said Rice I assume you meant Rice Lake? Is there any spots there one could fish from shore and not private?

[Radnine]

Radnine, when you said Rice I assume you meant Rice Lake? Is there any spots there one could fish from shore and not private?

 

Yes it was Rice Lake. Unfortunately I don't know the lake well enough to pick shore fishing spots. Sorry.

Jim

[limeyangler]

Some good fish there,

 

Good to see your son so happy, but who is Gretzky? is that a soccer player for the Oilers?

Edited November 2, 2009 by limeyangler

[lunkerbasshunter]

great report!!

 

Walter sure is one of the nicest people you will ever come across!!! I have been lucky enough to meet him a few times.

 

Cheers!

[GBW]

great report!!

 

Walter sure is one of the nicest people you will ever come across!!! I have been lucky enough to meet him a few times.

 

Cheers!

You can say that again. I met Walter and Wayne 2 summers ago at Wayne's golf tourny. I asked for a pic with the two of them and Walter said sure and then went wandering around looking for the ptotographer for the 3 of us to get the best pic... CLASS ACT all the way!!!!

[anders]

Great report, and pictures....but........

 

It has been forever since I got some stick time so I was absolutely jacked.

 

[JEREMY]

Good stuff and like others have said Walter is one of the coolest people you will ever meet.He will spend hours and hours at the arena just go down there allmost any weekend and he will be there.That man logs more hours there than the guys working.