Fishing Fun

Last night I checked the weather for the area. It was predicted to be 73F with overcast skies. The prediction was correct. This morning it was cool, but it was a beautiful day...more like spring in this area. Just how I like it.

The boys and I had planned on going fishing this morning, but hubby decided he was going to come along. We ended up leaving about noon and heading out of town to a picturesque area where there are a lot of ponds.

We arrived and got out of the van. The scene above is what greeted us. A beautiful area.

If you look closely, you can see a pond on the other side of the path, but we took the fork to the left.

This is what we saw as we rounded a bend. Beautiful! Lots of trees, clear, clean water and a cool breeze made it about as perfect as it can get.

A different view across the pond. This village was founded years ago and many of the original buildings still stand.

There are flowers and trees. The area is well kept. I saw no litter or dirt of any kind to indicate humans had been present here.

This is where I parked my lawn chair to fish. I got a couple of bites and so did Brandon. He was fishing off a little footbridge with Jordan and Grandpa.

Jordan caught a fish...a sucker. It was a little more than a foot (30 centimeters) long and put up a bit of a fight. Though he loves to fish, he doesn't like to handle them. Grandpa took care of the dirty work for him.

A view of the main street of the village, looking across the pond. This is a lovely spot.

A grey squirrel found a plastic cup and was trying to get the last of whatever had been in it.

At one point he had it over his head, but I missed that shot. By the time I took this one, he was aware I was standing quite close. The boys thought he was pretty funny.

After a couple of hours, it clouded over and started to sprinkle rain, so we headed back to the van.

This is such a pleasant area. It's nice to just sit and relax with all this beauty around you.

Grandpa and Jordan heading back to the van. For a few minutes we thought we would get wet, but by the time we were on the road, the rain had moved on.

We saw this bank of clouds over a farmer's fields as we headed home. It was very pretty.

Though we didn't stay as long as we would have liked and Jordan was the only one that caught anything, it was a pleasant afternoon enjoying the great outdoors. We will be revisiting this area soon. Maybe if we go early in the morning, the fish will be biting a little better than they were today.