Fishing Fun

Hiawatha, sometime in the late 80s.

We went to Hiawatha every year. It was one of my favourite places in the world and one of my favourite times of year.

Daddy loved it too, even more than I did. After all, it was a chance to be with his friends, even if he wasn't the biggest fan of the great outdoors. In this picture, he's showing off some fish he caught with Johnny and Jim Viaene (though I will state for the record that I'm sure Jim and Johnny did all the catching).

That's pretty much how I remember him always dressing. Cut-off jeans and a t-shirt with the arms cut off. He did that to all his shirts (and a couple of mine) much to my Mom's disgust. You couldn't convince him that wasn't really cool.

Still, fashion taste aside, he was having fun. But then, again, he always did...