Catching Bait for the Big Fishing Trip

Just arrived at the secret spot in Summit County. Owen is still recuperating from a Scouting overnighter at which he stayed up way too late. Liam has already found the requisite gun, I mean, stick.


Bronwyn is happy as a clam to in up to her ankles. The water got a little deeper along the edge. She and Liam declared the place where they entered the water to be Ann Arbor. They're upstream from Ann Arbor now.


Evan enjoys the sun on the bank. Kicking up rocks in the river to catch a bullhead is hard work!



Our elusive prey. This one is much too large to use, so he (she?) got tossed back. There were others that were much too small, according to the Fishing Guru Justin. They also caught a small brown trout in their net.



Liam showing off his big gun. He later found another stick that was notched on the end so he could balance this one across the top, like a machine gun on a tripod. What is it about seven-year-old boys and weapons? Here we are, enjoying the gorgeous mountains and fall leaves, and Liam is blowing it all up. Sigh.

The intrepid bullhead hunters at work. "Have we got anything?" Owen wonders. "Nope."

We had a wonderful field trip to the town where Justin lived as a teenager. The weather couldn't have been more lovely. We ate our picnic dinner at the pavilion Justin helped build as a teen. Evan, Bronwyn, and Liam were excited to find a swing set and jungle gym there. The drive home was amazing. I wish my camera could have captured the colors we were seeing. But, it was sunset, my camera couldn't have done it justice, and we just needed to get home so Owen could open his birthday presents.