This week I have been on a variety of trips from fishing with families for perch and mackerel to fishing on the Saint George out of the Grand Lake Canoe and the Lund Alaskan. None though was as pleasant as the sunset canoe trip on Tuesday evening.
One of the best parts of my summer is being on several bodies of water each week. Over the course of the season I am usually on at least a dozen different ponds (most of you call them lakes), the Saint George River on both the freshwater and saltwater sections and at least one other coastal river. Over the last 25 years I have watched the loon population rise to the point where I am expecting to see at least a couple on every trip. In fact on today’s family fishing trip we saw several including a couple that let me get quite close with the Lund.
This week I had an afternoon Nature Exploration Canoe Trip with a grandfather and his two grandchildren. The weather was forecast to be near perfect with little wind and a few clouds to keep the sun from being too bright. I arrived at the boat launch a few minutes early to unload canoes and get ready. The party was already there and as soon as I was introduced to the young boy he told his grandfather and I that his sister had something in her foot.
