Doug State’s trailer parked just off the main gravel road (from LaRonge) at the entrance to the 4-wheel drive road (to the boat landing). Obviously a lot of rain has made the road sloppy and filled the usually dry depression behind the trailer. All this mud makes handling things like the blue tarp messy, but on the bright side, there wasn’t any dust to contend with.
Unfortunately, changing a flat tire is also made more difficult by the mud. Jim is just finishing the job.
Doug and Jim are working on the trailer lights or was the spare tire stored under the back? In any event, this is not how you would like to be spending your time.
Jessica is ready for the onslaught of mosquitoes.
Jim and Doug are happy to be underway and can relax a bit on the ride to the island. Indian boats at the landing can be seen next to the landing in the background (left of Jim’s hat).
David and Jessica seem happy too that all the portaging is over. The calm water makes the ride to the island much more pleasant than it might be with high winds.
Josie, Tom and David are enjoying the pancake breakfast.
Andy has become an expert at making GOLDEN BROWN pancakes.
Josie, Doug, David, Josh and Jessica are all happy with Andy’s pancakes.
Jessica catches a small Northern.
Doug checks out the Crow’s Nest.
Jessica in the Crow’s Nest.
North shore from the Crow’s Nest.
Jessica and Doug in the Crow’s Nest.
The water level was so high that the crew decided to float the 14’ Lund down the secondary rapids for some fishing in the Intrim Lake. Here David is guiding the boat through the last ripple into the Intrim Lake.
Jim is holding the bow of the boat. They went through this rapid water with the bow pointed upstream to avoid the back of the boat getting caught in the fast water.
David now thinks the extra work was worth the effort. This is always a favorite fishing spot in high water.
Andy tries his luck from shore. The problem with shore fishing is the difficulty of dealing with the many snags you eventually get.
David keeps getting Northerns.
Jessica has a firm grip on her Northern. Her pretty nails give only a hint that she was in the Miss Nebraska beauty pageant only three days earlier. Jim watches on.
Now Jessica has a walleye. She is a very good fisherman and has no problem handling all her fish very expertly.
Doug is grilling some nice steaks he brought along with him. We use the wheel barrow for all types of things.
Doug, Jessica and Josh on the front deck.
Josh is enjoying a plate of food on the front deck.
Doug stands on the “Bathing Rock” which is barely sticking out above the3 water. This illustrates how high the water level is, probably 16” above normal.
Tom and Josh decide to try out the sled as a boat.
Jessica and another Northern.
Doug is getting into the swing of things with a very nice Northern.
The spell doesn’t last and Doug reverts to catching the itty bitty Northerns.
David and Josh relax on the front deck railing.
Doug works out with our home-made bar bells. (Two Mountain Dew bottles filled with sand, taped to a stick)
Jim, David and Don with a stringer of Walleyes that are going back to Nebraska.
Don holds the only perch ever caught in these northern waters, a testimony to the large fish he normally catches.
Josie and Josh play chess.
Doug on the back porch saws a kerf in a log he is making with a “pin” end.
Doug finishes cutting the pin inside.
Don’s workshop in the Mud Room.
Mudroom windows. The sleeping area is to the right of the closed curtains.
Great room front wall and log roof structure.
Josie and Josh still playing chess near the front windows.
Cabin roof log structure with Andy.
Don relaxes in his usual spot near the fire.
Kitchen, about as clean as it usually gets.
Don and Doug are working on some new project.
Doug and Don are working on the “mystery” project. What is it??
Doug at the “Welcome” sign.
Jessica at the “Welcome” sign.
An eagle waits near “Bear Beach” where the fish guts are daily deposited. As soon as people pull away from the beach, he will swoop down and enjoy a free meal.
His perch is perhaps 150 yards down the shore from “Bear Beach”.
He is about to “lift off”.
Josh, Doug and Jessica at the “Welcome” sign.
Doug, Don, Josh and Jessica at the “Welcome” sign.
Don, Jim and David at the “Welcome” sign.
