Couples Weekend - Leech Lake

Early Friday morning we headed out of town with some great friends for a weekend of ice fishing, hot tubing, and relaxation.  We loaded up the truck with all our fishing and snow gear, food, and adult beverages.  The trailer was packed with 2 snowmobiles and 2 four wheelers.

We stopped in Brainerd for lunch at Grizzly's and made it to the resort near Walker in the afternoon.  We decided to head out to do some ice fishing.  Not knowing what the future would bring this was our only time we really spent ice fishing that weekend.

Heading up North!  Aimee, Chad, and Niki!

Not sure why the picture looks yellow, but we got the ice houses put up and hooked together.

Niki with the only fish we caught that night!  Good thing we still had fun!

Drilling holes!  The ice was really deep.  

The girls!

As the sun went down the wind really started to pick up.  It felt like a blizzard as we gathered up all our gear and headed in for the night.

The snow mobiles warming up and providing light as we packed everything up!

We got back to the cabin and had dinner, played some games, and spent some time in the hot tub.  

On Saturday we got up had breakfast and headed out for the day to do some ice fishing.  We decided we wanted to try a different spot than the night before.  We had been told about "slush pockets" from the resort owner so we proceeded with caution.  Nate and I were on the snowmobile leading the group when all of a sudden both four wheelers hit a "slush pocket".  They ended up colliding because the slush just sucked the machines in.  There was gear scattered everywhere, but everyone was okay.  Only a few dents and broken parts on the four wheelers.  I have to admit that it was pretty scary.  Even when you walked your legs would fall into the slush and being out on a frozen lake and having no idea how much ice is really underneath the slush... I was happy when we decided to head in for the day and regroup. 

Here is a picture of where the slush pocket was... in the middle of the picture you can see a huge rut in the snow.  That is where we got stuck.  We tried going around it and we still ended up finding more slush.  

The good news is we spent the rest of the day in the hot tub and playing games before heading out for dinner at the resort down the road.

The weekend was a blast our trip back was slower than normal due to blizzard warnings, but I guess this is just reality in MN.  Thanks to Niki, Chad, Aimee, and Steve for an amazing weekend with great friends.