July 18, 2009 -- At Leech Lake

This morning at 10:30 a.m. I left the house to drive down to St. Cloud to pick up my daughter Liz and my granddaughter Ashley from my mother-in-law's house. It was a quick trip. I drove the 3 hours to St. Cloud, stayed for lunch and visited for a while, then a couple of hour later we left.

After stopping for groceries, Liz, Ashley and I drove back to Leech Lake. Upon our arrival the temperature was 64 degrees, the wind was light at 5 mph out of the north, the sky was sunny and the moon was at 16 percent waning.

At 9:15 p.m. the three of us went fishing. We trolled The Alley in 64 degree water with a Cotton Cordell Wally Diver and a Minnow Rap, but we caught no fish. We decided to come ashore a little before 11:00 p.m.

Although we caught no fish, it was fun being together -- watching the sunset and the stars come out -- on Leech Lake.