Woods and Water - Dick Herfindahl
Shown here are some pictures of Dick’s family camping trips from years ago and a couple of the more recent ones. One is of his two granddaughters in the background with their uncle Brian in the foreground.
The weather has turned into a tolerable summer comfort zone. I can remember when it didn’t get overly hot until the middle of July and stayed that way until the end of August.
I can remember going down to my cousin Richard's family farm in June and staying for a week or two. We always...
Shown here are a couple of pictures that were taken on fishing trips to Spider Lake over the years. Dick’s grandson, Dylan, and he had good luck fishing for northerns on June 2018.
The hot weather is going to be with us for a few more days. The weather predictions of rain have been grossly understated. We were supposed to have rain a few days in a row last week, but clouds were the closest thing to rain that we have experienced in a while. If we don’t get some rain our...
Shown here is a picture that Dick’s son, Brad, took when they were up north.
I was pleasantly surprised last Sunday morning when my grandson Trevor called and asked me if I wanted to go fishing. We went and I observed Trevor catching numerous fish and losing one huge northern pike. The fish came out of the water right at the boat and actually straightened out the snap...
Shown here is Dick’s great-grandson Krew with his dad.
I managed to get up to our cabin this past weekend thanks to my son, Brad, who took good care of the “old guy.” The downside was that it rained all day on the first day. The up side was that on the second day we took a trip to Walker where Brad’s son, Dylan, his wife, Kloe, and grandson, Krew,...
Shown here are pictures taken of Trevor when he was fishing on the Rainy River in April with his friend Collins. He said the fishing was good, but it was darned cold. He is shown here holding a nice walleye.
This is the season for stormy weather that will hopefully bring some rain to our area and the whole state. I am not sure how much rain we received last Sunday night, but it came with wind and tornado warnings. There have been quite a few wildfires going on in northern Minnesota near Duluth,...
Shown here are pictures of what Dick is looking forward to in the near future. The lake, the cabin and fishing, along with the wildlife that appears at the cabin without notice.
This is the first time in many years that I have not fished on the fishing opener. I have never imagined that this would ever be possible, but I guess that my age has finally caught up with me. I have the same love for fishing that I’ve always had, but my body tells me to take it a little slower...
Shown here is a picture of Dick holding one of the crappies that they caught. He says some folks might recognize the lake that they were fishing on.
There are times that I think of the times that we spent camping when the boys were young. I recall the good times spent with our friends, Kenny and Georgette Bauman. Before we had a tent, we would go camping with them and share the tent-camper that they had. It had two rooms and a separate...
Shown here is a pictures taken with my grandson, Dylan at Pickerel Lake. Here he is with a nice northern that he caught the first time he tried out his new Kayak.
There is a lot to be said for having access to so many good fishing lakes close to home. I see a lot of folks taking advantage of the nice sunny days when they are available.
In looking back to my days growing up north of town, I get a warm feeling when I look back at those days. Whenever I...
Shown here are some pictures of Brian and his boys clearing the woods.
Anticipation is sometimes the best part of a vacation. One of my old friends said that one time about taking vacation and it still holds true today. This was in the 70’s and it is still something that holds true today.
As I sit here thinking about my first trip to the cabin, I am reflecting...
Shown here is a picture of my grandson, Trevor and Dylan, cleaning fish late at night.
I am looking forward to the spring like we used to have when I was kid. Now, it seems like whenever we have warmer weather, we have gale-like winds to go along with the warm weather. If I remember right, March and April were usually kite months. If you were a little kid flying a kite in this wind...