Eggerts 4. Fishing at the Resort

The Eggerts owned their resort on Spider Lake near Hayward, Wisconsin for decades beginning in 1923.  Fishing was a big draw.

This man is preparing his rod.

Two boats

My great-great grandfather, Ed Eggert, who owned the resort, along with his wife, Billie, is shown here with two big fish.

Woman with stringer as an envious cat looks on.

Does the musky make the man? 

Or the woman.  This is my Grandma.

Or is it the quantity?

Was this picture taken for its comedic effect?

Two big fish make for one happy man.

Mrs. Hankerson is one happy woman.

I’m glad Mr. Hankerson got one too.

Uninhabited lake meant lots of fish.  This lake is no longer uninhabited.

When you own the resort does it become passe?

Ed’s wife, Billie, with her musky.

Getting ready for that picture.

It’s always fun to pose with the guests.

The musky keep them in business.

What a fish!

Did they both catch it?

Ed with his brother, Jesse, and a fish.

Ed’s son, Larry (my great-grandfather) with a stringer.

Ed with two men.

Larry with a musky.  Larry looked just like his mom.

Larry’s wife, Rossie, my great-grandmother, with a musky.

A man with his wife and a fish.

Musky man and dog.

Many years later, in 1987, my first husband and I went to Eggert’s Resort which was, at that time, called Hahn’s Roost Resort.  My husband was lucky enough to catch a musky.  There were men who said they had been going there their whole lives and had never caught a musky.  We went back in 1991 but this was the only musky he ever caught.  He released it.  It was an inch or so under the legal limit, but he would have released it either way.

Excuses Not To Go To The Gym.

My friend, Barbara, and I weigh within 5 pounds of each other most days.  I am in a size 8 and she is in a size 16.  I attribute this solely to exercise.  If that doesn’t convince you that exercise does a lot for you, I do not know what will.

I make getting to the gym 4 days a week a top priority.  Oftentimes I go more.  During diet contests, I went first thing in the morning, when it opened at 5:00 AM.  I don’t do that anymore, but I go.  When I was going first thing in the morning it was because I was afraid I wouldn’t get there at night because the day builds on you.  Things come up, that wear you down and keep you out.   Ladies, if you go places to meet guys, the later it gets at the gym, the greater the ratio of men to women.  However, at my gym, I think at least half of those men are gay.

People give me excuses as to why they don’t go to the gym.

1.         It’s dirty. 

How many germs do you think you are exposed to daily?  They have antibacterial stuff at the gym.  If it’s not good enough, bring your own.

2.         I’m afraid people will look down at me at the gym. 

I think the opposite is true.  I have found people at the gym to be very supportive.  My daughter’s skinny friends have been nothing but supportive.  There are all kinds of people at the gym:  fat, thin, disabled, old, etc.  If someone at the gym looks down at you, there is something wrong with them, not you.

3.         I look weird at the gym.  

You don’t look any weirder than me.  I dance on exercise equipment, whip my hair back and forth and mouth words to songs.  I have such a good time. 

4.         I can’t go to the gym because there are so many people there I know.   I would have to wear make-up at the gym.

I told this person I know so many people at the gym, and I don’t wear make-up.  They asked what if there were judges there.  There are judges there.  They are not wearing make-up either.  The next thing I was told was they must not be important judges.  All the judges are important, with the most important being the next one I am appearing in front of.  You don’t have to wear make-up at the gym, that’s ridiculous.

5.         My muscles hurt. 

Do something different, take the level of your machine down, swim or use a different machine.  If your legs hurt, do abs.  If your arms hurt do legs.  Do something.

6.         It costs too much. 

I pay $52 a month for our family gym membership, which includes Lily.  I think before I had Lily on a gym membership I may still have paid the same, about $50 a month.  Its money well spent.  It does not cost much to convert from a single to a family membership when your family consists of two people.

7.         I am a single parent, work full time and have 2 young children.

I can’t debunk this.  I think you probably can’t get to the gym as regularly as I do.  My gym has a kids klub, but my daughter hated the kids klub when she was little and begged not to go.

8.         It’s boring. 

Get an ipod, ipad or iphone and listen to music with a great beat, it builds up a sweat.  I have also seen people watch movies, read books on a kindle or play solitaire.  I saw a man fall asleep on a bike with his kindle in front of him.  I can’t build up a sweat listening to an audio book, but do what you need to do.  I listen to audio books when I work around the house.

I promise if you go to the gym 5 days a week for an hour a day for 4 weeks you will feel so good you will want to go back.