Herman the Sturgeon

This post is dedicated to my most very favorite 11-year old in the whole wide world.  While at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery, we had to go see their most famous fish.   Herman the Sturgeon who lives with several other sturgeon and some trout in his own pond with big underground viewing windows.  This sturgeon is painted several places on the sidewalk leading up to his tank.

 Herman the Sturgeon is 10 feet long, weighs over 450 pounds and is over 70 years old.  He was quite impressive.

Chase and his dad are sturgeon fishermen and do a lot of fishing for this particular species in the St. Croix River.  I've seen pictures of Chase laying on the dock next to some of the fish they've caught and the sturgeon was as long as Chase is tall.  Chase is a catch and release sort of guy  --  I'm not sure if sturgeon is very tasty anyway.

So Mr. Chase, what do you think?  It was fun seeing this big fella and knowing that Chase would have enjoyed seeing him too.  I tried to get a special  Herman the Sturgeon souvenier but they didn't have any - couldn't believe it.

Well, that's it for this Labor Day.  We've had a great day - went to the Hills Christian School for a pancake fundraiser breakfast.  We saw LOTS of friends from that area that we haven't seen in a long time.  Sam, you would not have liked it because Grampa and I stopped to talk to people a lot.
Then on to Larchwood for a high school rodeo - we met my cousins, John & Judie there so sat with them and their granddaughters and enjoyed the events.  Ran into our nephew, Elmer and Laurie on our way out so visited with them before heading to Culvers for a late lunch.  Had to go there because you get a coupon on the back of the sales slip that entitles you to free ice cream the next time you visit AND since DeAnn and Katie are arriving just after supper time on Wednesday, we thought we should have at least one free coupon.   Came home, took a short nap and I watched a Waltons special while folding laundry from the day before.  Like I said, it's been a great day.

Hope you all had a good day as well.  Love to you all,
Gramma and MOM