Wednesday, August 20, 2008

outdoor adventures

Mark has had a craving for hiking and being outdoors in the mountains lately. About a week and a half ago he took Jared and Ryan with him for a hike up Adams Canyon to explore the waterfall. They had a great time and got huge gigantic drinks at the Top Stop afterward. Ryan says the hike was 10 miles, but I think reality is 6 miles round trip. Here's a couple of picts:



The next adventure was to Hoover Lake with Eric in grandpa's truck. (Jacob got to go too this time!) Eric brought all the fishing gear and Mark & the boys brought the cooler full of food for the day. The boys totally loved the fishing, although Jacob says his favorite part was the waterfall (apparently there was some sort of waterfall somewhere). They brought six fish home, even though they caught more. Jared had the fish story for the day -- he caught the biggest fish of the day, but it got away with a hook and a piece of line still attached! Besides fishing, they did a little hiking too. The mountains were cool, beautiful, and quiet -- they only saw two other people the whole day! Eric took the fish home with him and then cooked them up for us on Monday night. Yum -- I haven't had trout for a very long time and so it tasted extra good. It was the boys first taste of trout and they all agreed it was good stuff! Here's the boys showing off their catch:

I'm pretty certain everyone wants to do this adventure again!:)

2 comments:

Josh said...

That's funny that they liked the trout - I thought those boys were picky eaters.

Eric said...

I think they were so proud of catching the fish that they had to say they tasted good.