Mike
Part I Memories of GarI have the best memories recalling all of the fun we had each summer. We would spend many hours on Lake Minnetonka. To this day they are some of my favorite stories to tell!Some of the best memories include when the water on Lake Minnetonka was like glass, it was so smooth that throwing up a wall was a blast. The water skiing was so good that â??sometimesâ? we had trouble making it to the first hour of class or swim practice. We may have missed a couple classes and practices!With all the water skiing, tubing, fishing, downhill skiing, bridge jumping, and having fun at flush bay there are so many great stories. To this day I still share with my family and friends. Just recently, over Christmas, my kids and I went downhill skiing. I shared the stories that Gar and I experienced. These included racing each other downhill and showing where we used to jump off the chair lifts. No emergency visits this time.Deep sea fishing and landing in a school of Blue Fin Tuna in Florida still holds great memories for me. I can still see the large school of Blues in the crest of the waves and hearing the first mate yelling â??TUNAâ?! All of us were setting hooks, reeling in the fish, getting our lines back out as fast as we could! Going under and over everyoneâ??s lines, so we wouldn't get them crossed or tangled. Watching the first mate gaffing and pulling in all of the thirty-plus pound tuna, into the boat.When we unloaded all the fish on the dock, filling 2-marina wheelbarrows. Everyone was watching all the fish we caught, it was unreal how much fish we brought in! Along with a five-pound Mahi-Mahi someone commented on the dock â??looks like someone is going to have Dorado on a ritz crackerâ?. Mr. Gar asked the Captain, if we could take a few of the tuna home to grill. The Captain answered, â??No, theyâ??re out of season you donâ??t want to eat theseâ?¦all weâ??re going to do with all this fish is put them in the flower gardenâ?. â??No worries Mr. Gar, they were only 17 cents a pound and long before the Japanese found out we had Blue Fin Tuna!â?I remember all the concerts we went to especially the Eagles outside at the Met center. I remember Gar always telling the story how we got down there in a dump truck, â??we we're so close to Joe Welsh, I could count his whiskers!â?