Well, we left at 1:30 (we were gonna leave at 1:00 but I was a little late at volleyball) anycase, we got there at 5:30 just when Steve and Jodi were unhooking the boat. Since it was getting dark, we went out to the lake right away. It was very nice out. I caught a bass but it was a little too small to keep.
It got dark in an hour so we went back and had dinner.
It’s been 7 years since we’ve been camping ’cause once we started getting into Bluegrass, we just went to bluegrass festivals instead. In any case, it was real nice actually camping without the constant 24/7 bluegrass music in the background. What I also haven’t seen in many, many years was the Milky Way! There were soooooo many stars out, it reminded me of when we camped at Chain Lakes in the Sierras.
I decided to sleep in the car ’cause I realized that I’ve slept under the stars before and I’ve slept in a tent. I’ve never slept in a car before and I thought that’d be pretty cool. Well, it was interesting. I was very quiet in there. I woke up several times ’cause I was anxious ’cause Steve was gonna wake me up at 5:30 to go fish. Well, when I went to sleep, there was a knock knock knock and then it was go time. Steve had some breakfast but it was a little too early for me to eat. I went to the bathroom instead. The bathroom was heavenly! All silver and the flusher was just a button!
5 minutes later, we hopped on the boat and set off. It was really neat seeing the fog covering the lake but I all I had for warmth was my sweatshirt (I accidentally left my jacket at home) so I was freezing. After ten++ freezing minutes of cruising full speed, we got to our spot. The rest of my body warmed up again but my hands were still freezing. We caught a few small bass but nothing much. When 9:00 rolled around, we cruised over to the bait shop to get some worms (since we used artificials) and warmed up ’cause they had a cast-iron stove hot ‘n piping. After we defrosted, we got back on the boat and casted near the other boats. No luck so we went back to camp.
After I ate breakfast, there was some downtime. I read a little bit.
A few hours later, we played a bit of music. It was hard to play ’cause I had a touch of spring fever and it was nice just hearing the birds and the silence so I wasn’t in a music mood. Anycase, after that, Steve ‘n Jodi’s daughter pulled up and they talked. After that, Steve, his daughter and I went back out again for an hour to catch Bluegill. Steve’s daughter caught the first, I caught the most and Steve caught the biggest. If we had a wager, it woulda been a tie.
When we got back, we packed up the car, said our goodbyes and left.
I’ll put on pics later
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