Guess where I am going?
Yep you got it, I am heading north… cooler weather, quiet, deer, loons, and lots of fish to be caught, kissed and thrown back in.
Technically you are suppose to kiss the fish before you throw it back in, but in this picture that is the closest we got (thankyouverymuch)!
Our family drives to Minnesota from Florida. Stay one night in Tennessee and one night in Madison, WI. And don’t anybody get any ideas of my house (unless you want to buy it)…I have mentioned before we have a guard, bald biker man that lives and monitors the neighborhood in the front yard (seriously, folks). Hmmm…maybe that is why my house has not sold =)
Anyways I have already talked the smack of how I am going to outfish all the stinky boys. I don’t know what it is with my middle son, fish line up and beg to be caught on his hook. He has the “touch” I guess…but not this year buddy, oh no. They are all going to get outfished by a GIRL! Actually they did last year, Grandma beat them all (ha.)
I will be checking in from time to time, even though I will be in a water access only cabin, enjoying God’s great outdoors we still have Internet (priorities people comeon =)).
Signing off for awhile, if I don’t visit or comment you will know why.
I will be reading, reading, reading…fishing, fishing, fishing and eating, eating, eating. And spending time with God enjoying his beauty.
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Chappyswife 06.28.07 at 1:05 pm
That is a great picture! It sounds like the perfect vacation to me. Have fun!
ChupieandJ'smama 06.28.07 at 1:21 pm
Enjoy, sweet Laurel!! I love fishing, but NO WAY will I kiss a fish before I throw him back
momrn2 06.28.07 at 1:48 pm
I’m sure those fish are glad you are the ones coming and not us. We’d fish, fish, fish and then eat, eat, eat… and what we would be eating would be those fish!!
Hope you have a WONDERFUL and RELAXING time!!! Enjoy to the fullest!
Southern Girl 06.28.07 at 2:07 pm
You throw the fish back in?! I’d be dipping those babies in some egg and cornmeal and fryin’ em up.
Have a great time!
Beth/Mom2TwoVikings 06.28.07 at 3:11 pm
You aren’t going to the Boundary Waters, are you? *green with envy* That’s where DaHubby and I honeymooned! *sigh*
Went in via Ely. Three lakes and two portages later, we arrived at our tiny little cabin with our backpacks and several 5 gal. buckets of food! LOL No running water. No electricity. A propane fridge and stove. And, a wood-fired sauna. Ab-so-lute HEAVEN! Only saw three other people for a week! *tee, hee*
Wherever you’re heading, have fun for me! *wink*
Christa 06.28.07 at 3:31 pm
I stopped kissing fish when each one I kissed stayed a fish…
Susanne 06.28.07 at 4:03 pm
Fun picture but I really want to see you kissing one!
Sounds like a great holiday. Relax and enjoy, Laurel! And may travelling mercies be given you by the Lord!
Dandelion Momma-Janis 06.28.07 at 5:44 pm
Have fun, Laurel! Add relax to that list, too. Blessings!
Linds 06.28.07 at 6:23 pm
Have a wonderful time! Fishing…. I have never tried that. Yet. But I have been diving for lobster/crayfish. Back when I was but a child….!
Malissa 06.28.07 at 9:21 pm
Madison?
Well, I hoped you waved when you drove by!
Deidre 06.28.07 at 10:29 pm
Enjoy your vacation! Sounds like fun.
Cyndi 06.28.07 at 10:54 pm
You go girl! I’m good at reeling it in, but not baiting the hook or taking it off the hook… That’s a great picture! Have a fabulous time!!
Scratchin' the Surface 06.29.07 at 12:32 am
Good for you - sounds like the perfect vacation! My husband, the fisherman, would be impressed to pieces.
MugwumpMom 06.29.07 at 4:03 am
Why are you throwing it back? Fish are for eating not kissing!
Have a wonderful time.
Lisa writes... 06.29.07 at 9:13 am
Enjoy! Love the pic!
on the Rock 06.29.07 at 12:45 pm
Sounds like an awesome getaway! Have a great time:)
Pearls of Wisdom 06.29.07 at 3:37 pm
Oh I love the picture! Enjoy your time my sweet friend. I am so sorry I just saw you left some comments on the blog I was doing a guest column ( Home keeper at Heart) she just moderated the comments now….and so I was really hoping someone was reading it I felt so alone….LOL Thanks for your friendship, inspiration and reading my ramblings on there. Can’t wait till you get back.
Love,
Angel ():)
Heather 06.29.07 at 4:10 pm
Have fun. We have plenty of fishing here but no thank you. My kids do the fishing with Grandpap.
Terri @ In His Hands 06.30.07 at 8:46 am
LOVE that picture of you! You should send it to Field & Stream!
Jenny from Queensland, enjoying Jakarta 07.01.07 at 5:55 am
I love that photo.
I have gotten a smile every morning for the last few days looking at it!
Hope you are having a wonderful time and out fishing all those boys!
speak soon
love Jen
Susanne 07.02.07 at 1:52 pm
You go GIRL!! I have given you a Reflection Award. Come on over and check it out!!!
The Preacher's Wife 07.02.07 at 1:58 pm
That sounds like heaven….i do have to draw the line at fish-kissin’ though…
and here’s praying you smoke the boys with your catch…:))
love ya!
lisa
Yellow Mama 07.02.07 at 4:26 pm
Have fun kissing those fish reading. Time off to relax with family and God is a gift. Untie it and enjoy what’s inside…
Pearls of Wisdom 07.02.07 at 9:03 pm
Hope you are having fun my friend. Miss you.
Angel ():)
Barb 07.02.07 at 9:14 pm
Oh my word, how wonderful, Laurel. What a nice trip. I love the photo and I love the image I have in my mind of you relaxing and enjoying this seriously great vacation.
Loons. Sigh….
Diane 07.03.07 at 10:50 am
I have grown up in Minnesota and spent summers up at the Lake my entire life…and I never knew you were suppose to kiss the fish before you released it!!!!
Hope you have a wonderful vacation…where in Minnesota are you??? We’re currently at our lake place in Central Minnesota (Brainerd..on Gull). I guess I could check if you’re on Gull Lake…by the only women kissing the fish!!!!
Diane
Carol 07.03.07 at 12:33 pm
Have scads of fun! I think you should kiss the fish, though. Seriously.
Angie 07.03.07 at 1:26 pm
Wow! What a catch!
You obviously are having a great time! (I have a picture of my husband and then one of my daughter—kissing a fish) YUK!
I KNOW you are enjoying the cooler weather…
Judi 07.03.07 at 1:41 pm
Have a blast!
Sue 07.03.07 at 5:43 pm
That’s awesome! Good for you!