In the meantime, I wanted to mention a great young man, and a fantastic fishing trip. You may recall that we worked in conjunction with wildlife artist, Anthony J. Padgett this past winter, to provide a free trip for 2 for a US service person. This was sponsored and promoted through the winter by Anthony (Tony). The winner of the draw was Zack Carver, from Indiana who recently returned from a tour in Iraq. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Zack, and his younger brother Caleb who joined him on the trip. Zack came up with his own personal tour guide/ draw sponsor, Tony Padgett and partner Heather Rayka, who know us, Rainbow Point Lodge, and Perrault Lake all very well. Tony and Heather provided great home cooked and shorelunch meals during the week for Zack and Caleb, and had a great time fishing with them on Perrault Lake. Ontario fishing was all new to these boys, and soon after arrival, they were catching plenty of walleye, northern, smallmouth and perch.
Shown here, Wildlife Artist Anthony J. Padgett, Zack Carver, Gale and Bob Extence
During the same week Zack was here, we had the pleasure of hosting our own Canadian service person, Will Bawden from Manitoba Canada, who had just returned from Afghanistan. Will was a dock boy here at the lodge 3 summers ago, and we were so happy to see him here again, this time for some R&R before his next rotation. We wish both these boys (no... Brave Young Men) great success and most of all good health and safety in their future. We are proud to have had the opportunity to help give back to both of you.
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