On the drive to Lochaven, we stayed at the Sunset Inn in North Bay.  It was a great hotel and we could walk to dinner at Winnie's.

On the beach in North Bay	Mallards in North Bay	The Pier at Sunset Inn
Black Cat on the hunt	Beautiful clear night	Sunset Inn from the lake

On Saturday morning, we arrived at Crane's.  We settled into our cabin and then headed out to get some afternoon fishing in!

Our cabin at Lochaven	French River	Check out the lips on that fish
Tim shows off his sucker	Shoreline of Lochaven	Mom & Dad fishing
Tim on the dock	Mom and Dad fishing

On Sunday, Eric was our guide for the day.  Dad caught a good-sized bass, early in the day, but due to size, it had to go back.   Eric caught the only "keeper" of the morning (THANK YOU ERIC!).  He cooked us a delicious lunch of bass, potatoes, onions, summer sausage, and baked beans - with homemade chocolate chip cookies warmed on the fire for dessert. It was wonderful and it all happened in between rain showers.   After lunch, the weather cleared off a bit and we saw blue skies. Valerie caught the biggest fish of the day - her first Northern Pike. A musky must have been after it because it had several big slash marks in it, and it was missing half its tail.  It was a very fresh wound.

We saw a hawk (sharp-shinned, we think) and several bald eagles including two eaglets.

Dad's Smallmouth	Tim enjoys the scenery	Dad on the pontoon boat
Eric guides, Mom is chilly	Eric helps Valerie	The mangled Pike
That must hurt!	Sharp-shinned hawk	Sharp-shinned hawk
On the pontoon boat	Bald Eaglet	Bald Eaglet
Sunset at Lochaven

The next day was rather gray.  We fished in the morning in the drizzle - chased out only when the thunder and lightning took over.  Tim went back out in the PM, but Val just stayed warm in the cabin (was she sleeping or working on the laptop?  No one will ever know)

Near Grassy Bay	Near Grassy Bay	Tim sporting his Gore-tex
Drizzly morning	Beaver house	Interesting clouds

It was a great trip as always!  Just too short.  It's such a long drive up, we need to stay longer!