As it turns out Clear Lake in general and specifically the Funtime RV Park is a haven for fisherman of all kinds beginners to advanced. Bright and early anglers took out boats and casted from the nearby docks. Having not caught a thing since last summer’s Michigan trip, Dan got into it early--casting off the shore near the RV—but no luck. Josh decided to watch him at first and didn’t even get his pole out. When we came back from lunch, a brother and sister (Chelsea 9 and Gabe 8) were casting from the shore right near where Dan caught nothing. Gabe had already caught a bunch of fish--as soon as Gabe dropped his line in, he caught either a bluegill or a sunfish. “I caught another one!!” he’d shriek. This obviously got Josh and especially Dan excited. Gabe kept catching fish, after fish, after fish, after fish--casting in the exact same area Dan caught nothing. The only real difference was that Dan had a bobber on his line and Gabe didn’t—but Dan wanted to keep his on. Now Josh wanted to fish but his fishing line was mess. Helpful Chelsea spent most of her time trying to fix Josh’s rod and with a little of Ali’s aid, the rod was back into shape. All this time Gabe kept on pulling out fish and Dan got none. With Joshie’s newly fixed pole, HE even caught one. Finally, after stubbornly taking off his bobber, Dan got his first catch of the day. Even Ali got into the act and the three of them caught a whopping eight fish that afternoon.
After a break for dinner, we invited Chelsea and Gabe back for a s’mores dessert. Gabe really enjoyed getting down and dirty with his s’mores (see picture). The big event of the evening was our first “black water” dump. If you’re not familiar with the RV world, black water is the sewage tank. Fortunately, the process was pretty uneventful. Black water dumping is one of those things that if it goes well is just fine, but if it doesn’t becomes a catastrophe—stay tuned. While we were finishing the dump, we met a new friend Jordan (7) who had a Playstation Portable, which Josh and Dan drooled over until bedtime.
Tip of the Day: Do not use a bobber when fishing for blue gill in Clear Lake!
Length of Drive: We didn’t do any driving today!! Hooray!!
Miles Traveled: Zippola!
8 Comments:
Sounds like you're having a great time. How's our/your story doing? I miss you sooooooooooooooooo much. Can't wait to see you. Sarie and I leave on Sunday for camp.
Hi Ali- About when/where will you send the story to me? At GS camp or at home? We never really made it clear. Miss you tons! Can't wait to see you when you get back!
Hey Ali, I miss you so much. Um, Ali, when we were at school and you were going to give me the dates of the story switches, I guess you left them in your book or bag so if you or sarie could tell me them that would be great.
I MISS YOU THIS MUCH: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ you get the picture
BENJI GOT A HAIRCUT! BENJI GOT A HAIRCUT! HE LOOKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! :)
Ali- Got your message and your email! That sounds great. Just cross your fingers that the book will get to me. I will give the dates of the storie switches to Kt at camp. We leave tomorrow! Can't wait to see you! Miss u Tons!!!!!
Bye Ali- You probably would hear from me or Kt for now. We are off to GS Camp. Can't wait to get the package! I miss u sooooooooooooooo much!
Very nice. Speaking of blackwater, you guys need to git yerselves some groovers. For old times sake. And I think you know what I'm talking about.
On a ship, we used to call it graywater, not blackwater. But I suppose one man's gray is another man's black. And do yourselves a favor and pay extra for the non-transparent hose. ;-)
Chris R.
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