Fishing, Water Falls, Food
We got up this morning with the idea to do some trout fishing. Roy and I had both brought a couple of poles and were searching out where to get license, trout tag, and a few local bait options. With folks still sleeping back at the cabin we set out. We discovered much to our surprise, the place to check out was Ace Hardware. They had a pretty decent fishing selection/sporting goods area, sold licenses/tags, and even had fishing lures, hooks, bait, etc. We stocked up, dropped $33 for 3 days fishing license and trout tag, then headed back to cabin to pick up all the boys to head to the trout hatchery to try some fishing. We loaded up in Roy's van and headed out toward the hatchery. It was about 10 miles or so with the last 3 miles or so gravel back to the hatchery. It was not as I had anticipated as the trout hatchery visits I've encountered in Missouri are usually pretty nice layout, with large streams/rivers. This was literally very similar to the creek that runs right behind our house. We tackled up and dropped lines around the stream. Not much luck and the trout we saw were rather small. This could all be attributed to the fact that I know nothing about trout fishing. Only one small one was caught by Roy and the rest of us struck out. We did, however, have a great time messing around the water. At one point, I told Landon, "I'm glad you came fishing with me today." He responded, "I'll always be your fishing buddy Dad." <sniffle> We headed back to the cabin, had a sandwich for lunch and I could feel the bed calling me for a nap :) Nan, Sarah, and the boys all decided to head for a waterfall they knew the location of and Roy went for one more try at fishing. Waterfall was a hit, Roy caught nothing, and I got a nice long nap. We had goodies to cook for dinner and had New York strip steak, hot dogs, burgers on the grill, some boiled potatoes, green bean casserole, and a few sauteed brussel sprouts. Then we settled in to watch the cardinals baseball game on MLB network. Satellite TV for the win :) I included a few shots of the inside of the cabin. - Great day.
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