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“...I can hit a golf ball into Canada from the boat dock.
If you don’t believe me, bring a driver and a $20 bill.“
Joe Henry, the Executive Director of Tourism for Lake of
the Woods and chief architect of our upcoming annu-
al conference, and I were discussing the details of my
President’s Reception. I told him I wanted two things:
an open bar and a lakeside walleye fish fry. He tried to
negate my idea (not about the bar of course) by inform-
ing me we’re having fried walleye the next night at the
welcome reception. I told him that’s great news and if
he really wants to make me happy, he’ll figure out how
to serve fried walleye on Tuesday, too.
The Annual AGLOW Conference is hands
down one of my favorite weeks of the year. It’s
part business, part outdoor adventure and part
family reunion.
You see old friends and make new ones, and certainly
leave with numerous business leads that may pay divi-
dends for years to come. You experience the culture of
the place you’re visiting. Lake of the Woods is the Wall-
eye Capital of the World. Hence the doubling down on
fried walleye, which is not a regular staple of Missouri
cuisine.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE HENRY
This is the event that ties all the reasons you
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