Memorial Weekend Camping Trip

We went camping at Sage Hen Reservior. The scenery was beautiful and the weather was even cooperative! We went on a couple of hikes-one of our favorite things to do.

These little frogs were everywhere!

Lewis and Clark a.k.a. Cody and Derek, decided to row the canoe upstream to a pipe that went under the road, it was quite a wild ride! I laughed so hard at them trying to canoe through the bushes, shooting back out of the tube and trying to stay in the canoe!

Watch out for SNAKES!!!!

A boy from the next campsite found this snake in the reservior. He was acting mighty brave, but would not touch it (smart!). After Jenny found out it was not poisonous she caught it with about ten other kids watching. She held it for a while then let it go.

When we first got to camp, Emily pulled out a fishing pole and hopped around until someone rigged her line. She fished from shore, then Dad took her out in the canoe. No luck the first day!

The next morning she got up and started fishing before breakfast...No Luck!

Then Dad took her out in the canoe...No Luck!

She took a break for a hike and some frog catching, then fished again that evening...No Luck on the second day!

The next day, I took her out in the boat. We could see fish jumping, we could see people catching fish...still No Luck!

We checked to see what bait the people catching fish were using, used the same thing, but...No Luck!

We took a break and hiked to a beautiful waterfall.

Then Dad took Emily out in the canoe for about 2 hours...No Luck!

We were leaving that evening and now we were feeling a little nervous about this fishing thing not working for Emily... she was almost in tears!

While Dad started packing up the gear, Emily fished from the shore. The little girl standing next to Emily caught a fish...now there were tears...not a fit, just tears. I knew that the time of day was right (5:30 p.m.) the fish were starting to jump, so...I took her out in the canoe. The fish were jumping all around us. We adjusted the line a little, Emily cast it right between where we saw 2 fish jump, and we waited. Then something hit the line...it wiggled...it pulled...it was a fish!

Emily reeled him in, got excited, reached for the line, and he pulled the line back out so she reeled him in again. She got excited, reached for the line, and he pulled the line back out. Now I am getting worried that the thing is going to get away. She reels him in, holds the reel tight and swings him around into the boat! A beautiful little rainbow trout! Oh was Emily excited! And Oh were we ever relieved! Now we could pack up and go home!