Our lives as loons

For a reason that yet escapes me, my youngest daughter and I found ourselves this day on stage competing in the Cuyuna Range Heritage Days annual loon calling contest. In this action-packed shot, my youngest daughter Mariah displays good form before the throngs gathered in Memorial Park to witness the tense competition. Did we win anything? Well, in the loon world the difference between wining and losing is simply staying alive to eat another fish. On that basis, we find ourselves victorious.