One of my best friends I have known since 1980. This guy, Chuck, is a terrific guy with a
great sense of humor. We met Chuck and
his wife at church, and were in Bible study with them. After I finished my doctoral degree, I worked
with Chuck as his assistant in his newly founded plumbing company. He got a kick out of telling folks about his
plumber’s helper’s” education.
Almost every year Chuck organizes and leads a fishing trip
to Lake Nippigon, Ontario. Sometimes 5
guys go, and this latest trip 10 of us went.
There were 4 of us old guys, and the rest were under 40.
Chuck and Penny have 11 kids, and 3 of his 6 sons, and 2
sons-in-law and 2 fathers of sons in laws made the trip. That made me and Scott the only two NON-relatives.
It is a good trip, each year, and I guess this is about my 5th
time to go. All the folks who go are
Christians, and that adds considerably to the trip. There is no shortage of joking around during
the 1400+mile trip up, nor at any time during the fishing.
It is a great Blessing to do such a vacation- a privilege
not available to many folks in the world.
Chuck has done this so many times, there is a definite pattern to the
trip. We left at 1730 from Athens,
driving all night and arriving at the Cabela’s store in Dundee, MI around
opening time. From there it is a
short-day’s drive to Saulte Sainte Marie, MI where we over-night in a Howard
Johnson’s.
On Saturday AM, we will cross into Canada and exchange some
$$. Fortunately the Canadian dollar has
lost a little value relative to US dollars, so we should get almost $129 Canadian
to every $100 US.
We should arrive at the Lake in the late PM, but there is
enough daylight this far North to fish a bit Saturday evening. There’s much more to tell… but we will get to
that in the future.
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