We headed up to Trial Lake to do some fishing with some cousins and Eric. As we headed up the canyon, we came to a traffic standstill due to an automobile accident involving a police trooper. It took us 90 minutes to go three miles! Thus it took us a very long time to get to the lake. It made me thankful for patient kids, small screens (i.e. ipods & DS's), and that nobody was fatally injured in the accident. We arrived at the lake and got set up with poles. The lake is amazingly low this year due to the dry summer, but there were still a few fish in there. Most of the ones we caught were small, so we threw them back if we could. We ended up taking 3 home -- and they were delicious! Eric is an awesome fisherman and has tons of patience with all the kids. There was a good little rainstorm while we were there, so we definitely needed the sweatshirts and jackets. The following are just some snapshots from our fishing adventure:
I love the look on Matthew's face -- it's as if he's saying, "Hey, Katie's getting all my fish!" And its true -- she did. And so did Laura.
I love that we get to do this each year. I'm so glad that Eric has patience with us and gets us all together. We are not fisher-people. Mark doesn't enjoy it much, Jared hates it only because he can't tie the knots, others of us get frustrated if we aren't pulling fish out every two minutes, but we ALL just love being up in the mountains and being with family. It makes great memories.
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