West Nile Virus has to run Rampant!!!

     Yes, we woke to birds chirping and a nice sunrise but what she didn't tell you is that when I opened the door to take the dog out I was ambushed and dive bombed by 30 mosquito's that wanted one thing, SWEET, SWEET, Hamilton BLOOD!!! I have tried Deep Woods off with so much deet that I had a chemical rush for three hours. That kept them off for a whole 20 minutes and then they were back. If its not the mosquito's its the biting fly's.

I have tried large fires, multiple off products for campsites and nothing is keeping them away so we just live with all that blood drain. I am crossing Minnesota off my list even with all the lake side houses for sale at 200k.

     That said, we stopped at this place, I don't even know where, that was a Chucky Cheese disguised as a space dock like in Toy Story. TOURIST TRAP!!! And of course the food was horrible but the kids just had to go in for lunch!

     We drove past this place up the road from Leech Lake and I just had to take a picture for my dad and father in law. The sign says it all and they even have a giant pike you can take a picture in out front, this is a true fisherman's paradise during the summer.

     Laura mentioned the fishing tournament for the kids but I don't think she gave you all a good indication of just how much of a cluster (you know what) this was. Most the kids had fun but when they are all 4 feet apart and throwing treble hooks into the moving water all at different times, well lets just say it was sheer pandemonium and the event staff and parents should be rewarded for not killing other peoples kids for hooking their kid in the crotch. I still cant figure out how this kid hooked Aiden from 30 feet away, it was an amazing feat to say the least, but come on! Parents watch your kids, I was the only one telling my kids to not hook the parent next to them helping their kid untangle for the 35th time. toward the end I just sat back and watched to see if Aiden could get someone hooked. The kid that won it all had a 23 inch Walleye in the first five minutes, I think his parent caught that.

Alan