Every summer, the boys and I pack up the Jeep with our fishing rods and head north for a week of fishing! For the last 4 years, we have been heading to a great resort,
Camp Liberty, just outside of Nevis, MN. The boys and I go with my parents, my grandpa, and my sister and her family, so there are 4 generations fishing! This year, my mom's two sisters came with some of their family, so there was lots of cousins to play with!
The drive is about a 7 hour drive, so we start in the morning and get there mid-afternoon. Both boys were super excited for the trip and woke up at 6am! Well, Grandma (my mom) rides with us and wasn't getting to our house till 9am...so we got the Jeep packed and waited patiently! Both boys were a little tired once we finally hit the road...time for a quick power nap!
for both Garrett and Trigg.
Our first pit stop was Cabela's in Owatonna, MN to get some fishing supplies! Then we hit "play" on the dvd player!
We got to the 8th Crow Wing Lake around 4:30 and quickly got unpacked to help Grandpa (my dad) get the boat in the water!
After a little supper, we got in some evening fishing!
And tested out the lake water and a little bike riding...thumbs up!
Sunday morning was raining, so the boys were slow to get up!
But the fish were biting! Grandpa caught a good crappie!
We caught a few more that day, then headed to "Surgery" That the sign on the fish house!
We cleaned the fish...Trigg thought it was a little too smelly in there!
Then we had a game of toss
And some kayaking!
The sun came out in the afternoon, so we did some more fishing!
Garrett caught a bunch of bluegill!
One good thing about a dirt road is that you can easily make a race track to zoom hot wheels!
G gave the track two thumbs up!
Monday morning was gorgeous as the sun came up!
My dad and I went out early to do some bass fishing around the docks!
I gave my dad my phone to snap a picture and ended up with a selfie of him!
Caught a few more nice bass, around 2 pounds.
Heather sends a small present for the boys to open each morning, they were both pumped about their glider airplanes!
More fishing!
The boys took out the paddle boat, Trigg became pretty good and handling this paddle boat through the week!
Trigg and I took out the canoe for an adventure, G choose to stay in the cabin for a little rest time.
We made it down the Crow Wing river!
Tuesday morning, caught a few more bass! This one was a 3 pounder!
This is what we call a "Double"! That's when 2 people in the boat catch a fish at the same time!
Nevis is home to the World's Largest Tiger Muskie!
More early morning bass
...and another
...and another, these were all about 3 pounds. I was using a
Yum Craw Papi in Green Pumpkin on a Texas Rig, it was doing the trick this year!
Wednesday, Grandpa took our nieces out on his boat, so the boys and I grabbed the pontoon and headed out on the lake!
Plenty to see!
We caught some fish and then headed back to the dock, Trigg drove half the way...
and Garrett drove the other half!
Then more playing on the beach!
G thought it was too cold for the water, so we sat in the sun and warmed up!
They have this great blue mat anchored in the bay...Trigg taking a break out on the mat!
More race cars in the dirt!
Thursday morning, we headed out early for more bass, my dad picked up a few green pumpkin craw's and he caught a nice bass!
Trigg really wanted to join us for early morning bass fishing. So, I woke him up about 5:45am and he was ready to go! The temp was only 38 degrees, so I bundled him up, long sleeve, sweatshirt, jacket and life jacket. We also have these neck buffs that he can pull over his face for a little more warmth! The fog was thick this morning but the fish were still biting!
Here is the fog rolling across the lake!
Trigg fished for about 30 minutes and then snuggled in the front seat, here we are fishing in the fog...
about 45 minutes later, the fog finally burned off!
...and Trigg fell asleep! I just let him sleep in the front seat and we fished around the docks along the shoreline.
Caught this little bass...Trigg still sleeping
Caught this bigger bass...still sleeping!
He did wake up and fished a little more with us before we headed in for breakfast!
Noah lives on the resort, he has a gator like his dad and gets paid a penny per stick he picks up! The boys quickly made friends with Noah and his green Gator!
They had a project through the week of digging a trench at the beach!
Thursday was a sand castle competition at the beach, the boys got to work!
I also jumped into the competition and made a large mouth bass out of sand and named him "The Whopper!"
Working hard of their creation
I'm told they made a loon
After the competition, I let the boys stomp on my sand fish while enjoying some feezey's
Garrett and Sawyer built a sweet tower out of giant jinga blocks, they named it Skyscraper Sawett.
Thursday afternoon we tried our hands at tie-dye. Twist up the t-shirt and squirt on some dye!
All the cousins hard at work!
Trigg ready to color his shirt!
The dudes
Thursday evening was our last chance to fish, Grandpa tested out his motor and we flew across the lake at 25 miles per hour, all G could do was giggle in the front seat! 2 thumbs up!
We were fishing for crappie with my pole bent over...to my surprise, I caught this 3.5 pound walleye!
All the kiddos!
We left Friday morning (a day early) to get back home for Trigg's last baseball game of the season. We had a great week of fishing at the lake, lots of fun with family and the peacefulness of a week on the water. Thanks to Kristin & Todd at Camp Liberty, they have a great resort and we would recommend it to anyone! Thanks as well to YUM baits and their Craw Papi in green pumpkin! The boys and I are already talking about next year's fishing trip!
