Thirty years ago today, my wife Kathleen and I married along the shores of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota. I can't believe it's been 30 years. In some ways it's gone by like a blink of an eye, yet in other ways it seems like a lifetime ago. We were so young!
The temperature here at Leech Lake 10:00 a.m. was 60 degrees, the sky was overcast and grey, and the wind was 10-15 mph out of the SSE, but because of the way we're positioned on the peninsula, the water in front of our property is still and the flag is limp against the pole. The ground was still wet from the overnight rain.
As the day went on it got warmer, and eventually topped out at 73 degrees. The wind remained out of the SSE for most of the day, but shifted to the NNE about 4:00 p.m. For most of the afternoon the sky was partly sunny.
Kathleen went running at 2:30 p.m., which gave me an opportunity to go fishing. I spent a little more than two hours on the lake and tried a number of different tactics to catch some walleye, but came up empty on all counts.
I tried jigging with a leech, casting a Mimic Minnow Spin over the tops of deep weeds (in 14 feet of water) and tried trolling with a jointed Shad Rap, but all I could catch were some perch and rock bass.
The water temperature was 68 degrees.
Once I was on shore and Kathleen was back from her run, we cleaned up and made a wonderful anniversary dinner. Kathleen looked amazing in her little black dress, and we enjoyed a champagne toast to our 30 years of marriage.
After dinner we sat in the living room and talked. As the evening wore on the thunder started to rumble and just after midnight we had a powerful thunderstorm complete with a fantastic lightening show. It was great way to end our anniversary celebration.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
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