Mike is Worth Remembering, too

Those select few of you who follow this post may notice that there seems to be more pictures of Gen than Mike. There are several reasons for this. Mike was our 2nd (and last) child, so we possess far fewer pictures of him. He has always been "faster" and less "manageable" so he was more difficult to acquire with a still camera. Gen is quite the picture taker, so a lot of the pictures on this post with her in them were actually taken by her. Anyways, in an attempt to even up the score a bit, here are some photos of Mike to balance with Gen.

Mike has always liked fish (at least to hold) and fishing. This is a perch from ice fishing when he was around a year old.














Here he is with a trout from a friend's pond. At this age he would demand immediate cleaning and cooking and then he would scarf down the catch. He is much more patient now. In the Remember Gen post, there is a picture of her with a trout from the same trip. Mike ate both of the fish...














Mike has always had a knack for steering a tiller-driven boat. He certainly has the sea-captain grimace down pat, eh.












Here he is with a crappie he caught when he was 4. Dad got skunked, which Mike proudly announced to the game wardens that met us at the dock upon our return from fishing.














Although now it is MUCH harder to get his rear out of the sack to go hunting, at one time I could not get away with leaving him behind. This is a picture of him at 5 yrs with a mallard that we got in North Dakota. On this particular day the rain was mixed with sleet and its trajectory to the ground was about 45 degrees. He didn't mind.












What Mike can lack in common sense, at times, he more than makes up for in enthusiasm. Here he "netted" a bluegill that his little cousin hooked from our dock at our camp. His cousin could bring it in no further, so Mike saw the only remaining option was to dive in and "retrieve" the fish. You can see the pleasure at his decision written all over his face. He now shows more restraint.