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 I've been a bit negligent in posting to Our Blog lately and decided to share a Joanna's writeup from one of her races last winter for your enjoyment. Had a super fun time at both the Gunflint Mail Run Feb. 8th and the Midnight Run the following weekend racing with Rita Wehseler s 2nd team!!! I could only find photos from the Gunflint Mail Run:) Been too busy to post anything until now but as most everyone knows by now, I sadly had to sell out my racing kennel this last spring which was absolutely heartbreaking... been a tough time adjusting as both my dad and I miss our dogs terribly. So I was thrilled when Rita offered to let me run a 2nd team for her this year since she has a lot of young dogs that had never raced before so enough for two teams!!! YES yes yes!!! To be able to run dogs again, be on a sled again after the previous winter of no sled running and no races with the best team I have ever had and never got to race them once, was heartbreaking and would have helped ...

  It was Ben Knepper's first time to Canada and this 12 year old became a fishing legend.  He caught this 29 inch Walleye and he also caught the biggest Northern Pike.  Such fun memories he has made.  I think he will be back next year for some more fishing excitement.                        Look at this 21 inch whopper of a Smallmouth bass caught by Josh McDonald.                            Here's another beauty of a fish , a 28 1/2 inch Walleye caught by Josh McDonald.    Roland Roth caught this monster Trout on Indian Lake.  I didn't get the exact weight, but you can see it's a heavy dude.  

    We have some exciting news!!  Most of you know our daughter Joanna who has lived with us here at the resort since we bought it, helping us to run it.  We have so appreciated the years she has been able to be with us and I know everyone enjoys talking to her and even seeing her sled dogs.  Two years ago we made the decision to sell the dogs as John was the one who worked hard assisting her in feeding them, training them, clearing and maintaining trails and being her handler at the races.  It was time for him to retire though he has missed interacting with them just like Joanna.   But there has been another interest in Joanna's life for the past three years and his name is Sven.  She met him in 2022 when she took a job at the Grand Marais Marathon gas station/convenience store.  Sven had been working there previously and when Joanna joined the staff, he immediately sought to get to know her.  It wasn't long before Joanna was drawn...

  It was Scott Fagerlin's first time visit to Agimac River Outfitters.  What a fun surprise to land a 44 inch Northern Pike in the boat!!  He packed it up and took it home to put on his wall.  Great job, Scott. Mark and his wife Jen come to Agimac River Outfitter's twice a year and often fill 3 cabins with family and friends.  They offered to take me out fishing with them this week and look what Mark caught... a 28 inch Walleye.  I believe he said it was his biggest one yet.  It was so fun to watch him wrestle with his bent over pole and try to reel that monster in.  Of course Mr. Walleye went back in the lake to catch another time.   

 There are times in your life when you get to know people who are kindred spirits and will be friends forever.  The Henderson family are just such people.  Steve is the guitar player and lead worship leader at our wonderful church, Dryden Full Gospel in Dryden, Ontario.  It takes us about 2 hours to drive there when we are able to attend on a Sunday morning.  His wife, Kellie is the keyboard player and does an exceptional job.  Their entire family are musicians including Kim, Kellie's identical twin who plays the bass guitar and Steve and Kellie's children.  Tanner plays guitar and drums and sings very well.  Danielle plays keyboard and piano and Jessie plays piano too.  I have had the blessing of playing my cello with their team on Sunday mornings during the worship time.   Joanna too has joined the team as a singer.  I can honestly say that I have experienced some of the most amazing times in God's presence ever while playing...

 For twenty fun-filled days we enjoyed a visit from our son, Jonathan who lives in Oklahoma City, OK along with his three amazing children... Aaron, Titus and Evemarie.  They have visited us here before many times, but never for such an extended time.   Every day seemed to be filled with exciting activities or adventures.  Thankfully we had warm weather for them to be able to be in the water too.  Titus loves to fish, so he took every opportunity to throw a line in the water even from the docks on the waterfront.  We went out on our pontoon boat out in the middle of upper Indian on several occasions to just dive or jump off the boat and swim around.   Jonathan found a place on what we call the Rock of Gibralter (because it is a steep rock face with various heights and deep water just below)  for the kids to take a running leap into the air before hitting the water below.  We have a 30 hp Mercury that we only use when Jonathan and hi...