First fishing trip

I was very excited when David told me we were going fishing this weekend. After we got home Friday night, we packed our stuff, got the license from WalMart, dropped off Eileen's suitcase and car key, headed off toward the Palenstine Lake. We arrived at the hotel at 10:00pm and got up at 6:00am. David said to the baby:" Hi Baby, did you have a good sleep at the hotel room? This will be your first fishing trip, but it won't be the last. Mommy needs to comb her hair and daddy needs to shave his face very quickly. Then we'll catch some fish for you..."

We met our fishing guide Mr. Whitecotton at the convenient store right next to our boat. Mr. Whitecotton is a great grandfather already. He told us all about his family while we were fishing. Within half an hour, he caught a big blue catfish. We didn't have much luck fishing this side of the lake. Finally he took us to the other side of the lake where his friend was. His friend Mike Weeks jumped into our boat and casted out the net to catch some baits. But to our suprise, he caught a big striped bass with just one cast! David and I never saw that before. We "wow"ed. Then, with David's help, I caught my first sand bass! David caught one too. Later I caught another one for our baby... The fishing guide said it bothered him if his customers didn't catch fish. He just had a heart attack. His wife had the hip surgery. So he hadn't come to the lake for weeks. David and I were very happy with what we got. Mr. Whitecotton and Mr. Weeks cut and cleaned the fish for us. We headed back at noon.

On the way back, we stopped at a small family style restaurant. I had a great lunch. David pompted me to look at a couple who were praying before the meal. They looked like they didn't have much strength to hold the utensils. David said "we can never judge a person by the appearance." The journey back home was beautiful. David and I stopped at a farm to take pictures of the wild flowers. We saw so many yellow, pink, purple flowers along the highway. David thought about Sue. We stopped at her place and picked her up for an icecream. She loved it. After we got home, I uploaded the pictures while David sprayed the weed killers in the backyard. We were very thankful for a relaxing and safe day!