A Warm Welcome Home

We happily welcomed Ian and Liam home from their socially-distanced vacation.  They rented a shack on Lake Temagami for three days of ice fishing for lake trout.  They didn't see a soul but did have visits from lots of yummy fish.

On the very first night Ian got himself in a bit of a pickle by accidentally dropping his headlamp down the fishing hole at 4 am.  During his attempt to reach down into the lake to retrieve the lamp before it sunk into the black abyss, he also accidentally smoked the bridge of his nose on the floor of the hut.  Once his nose stopped bleeding and his headache subsided, both Ian and Liam had an excellent time (in spite of Ian's black eyes - at least there was no one around to see them!).

They did lots of fishing (obviously), Lego, reading and chatting.  It was a perfect off grid father-son adventure amidst this seemingly endless pandemic.

Unfortunately, they had to drive through a blizzard to return home.  Upon their safe return, the rest of the family happily devoured their plunder.  We had baked lake trout with lemon for supper!  Yum.  Yum.