2008 7 Quadna activity

There were tennis matches..... (Erica here taking on dad)

Putt Putt miniture golf (almost everyone played) - some great shots!

More pool time (Anna, Paige, & Abigail)

And tubing (Paige, Erica, Emily) There was ample opportunity to get wet as people rolled off the tube. Great time!!!1!!

2008 7 27 Quadna Palmer Gathering

Starting Sunday afternoon, July 27, family members arrived for four days and three nights of fun. The older girl cousins give us a big smile as they arrive and renew friendships. Jake gets in on the pic.

Isaac and Josh enjoy a little birthday cake.

Parents and grandparents get in on the first night fellowship (may have been a game of buck also).

That first afternoon, Anna and Abigail found the swimming pool near our rooms fairly soon.

We caught a fair number of walleyes, but didn't take many pictures. Here Lloyd with a nice eater!

On the way to one walleye site we came across this eagle perched in a treetop. Took a few picks.

Isaac and Jake both took a few turns cleaning the fish.

Just before departure on Saturday at about 2 p.m. we took a group pic of Mark, Isaac, Lloyd, Jake and Todd. A blessed trip it was. Hope the good LORD provides another opportunity to return to this great place and visit Tourist Lake, the Sunken Island and other areas we marked on our GPS's

2008 Canadian trip cont

On an island in the middle of no where with a few camp chairs, a coleman cook stove, a bunch of walleye fillets cooking in butter with a saltine crackers crumb breading - heavenly!!!!!

At both our campsites, these pelicans, along with seagulls, kept us company. They did move towards us when it was fish cleaning time.

Our second camp site was on the Indian Reservation off a bay known for cathcing northerns - the second day we caught three there and the next day we caught another four. The first morning at the first site, we put a sucker minnow below a BIG bobber and caught about a 2-3 pound northern. Notice the green rope here in the right of the picture. It goes from the top of the tent to a try to hold the tent in place. The winds were huge on Friday.

2008 7 Canada tenting boating eating

This was our ten man tent we could stand up in.

The Monarch King worked great. Several times we battoned down the hatches and put up the canopy, side and back coverings to stay dry. The second day (25th) we moved camp to another island and got a massive down pouring in route!

Taking a little siesta out in the middle of the English River System.

The second day morning's catch was about to be devoured. Jake had the goods in a large frying pan.

We arrived at our camp site on Thursday, July 24, Isaac's birthday. We stayed on the same island that Mark and Todd stayed with their dad 35 years earlier, probably almost to the day. This time the tent was a little more comfy, a ten man for 5 of us and a cot for each person. We made it out to Linda's Rock for an hour of evening fishing (got 2 walleyes and a northern and a bass). There were a zillion misquitos that evening trying to finish setting up camp and clean the fish.

The day after isaac's birthday, the big birthday gift arrived: first a 25 inch 5 lbs walleye, then fifteen minutes later a 26 inch 6 lbs lunker. Can you tell from the picture - Isaac was smiling - ended up being the biggest fish of the trip (in addition, Jake got a nice 5 lbs northern the last day). The walleyes were hitting great at the Sunken Island. We really didn't want to leave, but one of the plans for the trip was to get on our GPS's the locations of several walleye fishing sites. So off we went.

Here's the 5 & 6 pound walleyes along with three others (we caught about ten that morning).

Grandpa is giving the gandsons some tips on cleaning walleyes. Can you see the electric knife in Grandpa Palmer's hand - thanks to a converter at the cigerette lighter on the boat and a long extension chord!

2008 7 23 Canadian fishing trip

For several days before Mark and Isaac joined Grandpa Lloyd Palmer and Todd and Jake Palmer for a fishing trip to Canada, there was much prep on the boat (batteries, cleaning, organizing) and various camping planning along with getting the needed food items and food prep items. Just before leaving Hibbing, Mark checked the tire pressure on the truck and trailer. Good job, found a nail in the side wall of the passenger side trailer tire. Third place we went to, Walmart, had a tire at about 5:30 p.m. that would work and they installed it. Off to the deer shack!

We packed for our camping / fishing trip and for the Palmer Family gathering in Hill City at Quadna since we were not coming back to Hibbing.

Mark & Isaac arrived at the deer shack just before 10 p.m. After some conversation with Grandpa, Todd and Jake it was to bed since we got up just ater 3 a.m. to head to Canada. Had pancakes, gassed up at Baudette on the Canadian border, and off for an adventure. 70 miles into Canada on the remote Hwy 71, 20 miles north of Emo, we had the earth shaking experience of both drivers side tires of the boat trailer come completely off the trailer (tandem axle). Thanks be to God, 5 1/2 hours later we were on the road with a rental trailer while my trailer was being fixed in Emo (long story). Just before arriving at the Indian Reservation at Goshawk landing, we drove over this dam that Grandpa Palmer, Mark and Todd drove over 35 years ago, 1973, on our first trip to Goshawk!