Tuckabuckaway Part II
Well I am finally getting around to uploading the pictures to the website and I am a bit behind due to work as I am normally speaking with China during this time…
This was the first mountain trip with Chunk and the family. I think he really enjoyed the outdoors as we spent a lot of time commanding outside. He also was fishing, went hiking in the backpack, played with everyone, including Kirby. Ice cream at the dairy on the way up was a treat for mom and dad and we even ran into nana and pop by chance.
Catching tons of fish on my ultra light will never get old as shown in the photos. I need to work on my sunfish cooking, but they were still very tasty and fresh. The new car handled well and as you can see it was packed to the max, but still had room to stretch. Random eagle sightings by me were not verified by Joe the bird watcher, but maybe next time since I had recently seen a few on the Kettle Creek with my nephews a few weeks prior. Kirby even made it into the water for one of the funniest things I have ever seen her do… she is an old lady now, but still has some pep especially when doggie paddling.
Hiking to the waterfall was the big family outing and Kirby was a trooper and came along and took a well deserved nap once back at the cabin. I even got a quick natural shower… ha. The rain did not keep me away when it came and the fishing did not cool down during that time. Too bad for Emily since she only got a little bit of time in the kayak, she is a good mom and made sure Owen was in good hands.
Listening to nothing but woodpeckers, fish jumping, wind through the leaves, random chipmunks running around and (the occasional blurb from Owen) is better than anything I have on my iPod. Most important thing for the weekend was that we got away from it all to relax and recharge in the fresh air and sunlight. Before you know it, the all envelopes you once again and you are thinking/planning/waiting for the next time to get away from it all again – hopefully soon.
Thanks again to the Hansen family for letting us stay at the cabin.
Tuckabuckaway
Well it is Thursday, July 1st and the summer is moving along quickly. Owen is now six months old as of June 30th and he is now an official fisherman thanks to his new fishing pole that his nana and pop gave him.
As you can see, he is all smiles… just like his dad when fishing. I will post the rest of the photos tomorrow night as I am tired and need to upload 48 pictures.
Sprung
March 7th and it felt like May 7th with it almost reaching 70 degrees. Last weekend was a whole different story since the bear suit was needed while Owen was watching me building a bike in the man hole (garage). Fast forward one week and the weather is warm, even Em is wearing short sleeves.
We ventured to Ridley Creek State Park and decided to go for a nice walk and in doing so we managed to search for some fishing spots since Owen was telling me fish stories of how big some fish were in his dream. If you sleep and don’t see the rules posted, can you still fish the stream?
That gold fish in the one picture below is actually a palomino and you can spot them very easily – we came across five different ones during our hike. I wonder if they will wind up being eaten by the time I get to fish for them with my nephews – we shall see?
Speaking of the nephews, we made it out to Jack Frost to ski and ride in some nice spring like conditions this weekend. The soft snow made for some goods times and they had some fun jumps and rails that we got to play on. Too bad my camera did not have a working battery since Jason had pants with a broken zipper (due to David) and David forgot his snow pants to make things even worse, but all in all it worked out just fine.
Ice Time
With it being 10 degrees out right now - it got me thinking to how good the ice must be right now. How should one bundle a two week old for an ice fishing outing?
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