This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, I am so excited to bring to you a wonderful group of guys as we sit around the table and sum up our annual musky fishing trip. For the first time, our group of five has expanded to include two sons and one father. 

And it reminded me of one of the most important things in life, spending quality, undistracted time in nature with the ones you love. And it is my pleasure to introduce Brian and his son, Dec Ingram, Pat and his dad, Bob Tryon, Paul Cooperschmidt, and my son, Mikey, to all of you. 

As Canadians, we are so blessed to have such rich natural resources steeped in history at our fingertips. And it is in our DNA as human beings. To explore and experience it. And in my humble opinion, there is nothing that brings us closer together than sharing time in nature without distraction with the ones we love. And I know for a fact that if we took more time to disconnect from our phones and daily stresses of life, to reconnect with our children, family and friends, This world 100 percent would be a better place on this show.

We sit around the old cottage table and talk about our experience, tell a tale or two, and we even share the blueprint for the highlight of any trip: how to prepare a proper Upper French River Shore Lunch.  So if you're searching for a way to reconnect with your loved ones,  listen to this. Here's the round table conversation with the Muskie Hunters.