Saturday, we took out the fishing boat. Our first stop was at Fleet Farm to pick up a few items like night crawlers. Then, we went to Lake Demontreville to put the boat in. Except all the parking spots across from the boat launch were full. And we didn't have a back up plan. Panic! Frustration! So I pulled out my phone and tried to find something else nearby. Easier said than done. We settled on driving out to Lake Elmo. Only to discover that you needed an annual park pass to get in - which we really didn't want to pay for.
So then we started driving back to St. Paul to go to Lake Gervais. I was looking on my phone and found another lake on the way that had a public launch - Silver Lake. Luckily there were lots of open parking spots when we got there.
It was kind of weedy and small but we were so happy to get the boat in the water we didn't even care! We had been driving around for over an hour in search of a lake and had contemplated just giving up and going home.
Adam launched the boat with great ease, and we were off. I even did some fishing! I think it's the first time for me in like 20 years. We got tons of bites but didn't catch anything in our first spot. Adam was getting sick of putting worms on for me.
Before moving on, we had a lunch break. I had packed some yummy sandwiches and pita chips.
I also did some reading while Adam fished with his bait caster. It felt great to be out on the water in the sun.
Our next spot was much more successful. Sure, the fish were tiny, but it was better than catching nothing! I caught 6 fish and Adam caught about 10. All in about 30 minutes (we tooks turns with the ultra light pole).
We headed in around 3:30. Back at home, we took Chester for a walk and I made the buttercream frosting for the cupcakes.
They were cute and flavorful. Adam's contribution was putting the lime zest on the top.
Then it was off to Minneapolis for a going away party for our friend Alan. He'll be in Japan this summer doing research. Unfortunately for us, 94 was closed going east due to road construction. A fifteen minute trip turned into 45 minutes.
We had a fun dinner with amazing stirfry with my friends from college.
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| Alan, Russell & Laura |
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| With Laura and Caitlin |
It was wonderful to sleep in on Sunday morning! We lounged for a bit before finishing up our weeding and garden work. All the vegetables and seeds are officially in the ground. Finally. I'll have to snap a few photos before the weeds take over again. I still have a few flowers to plant though.
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