Father's Day in Review

It was a fun, relaxing day! I only wish it hadn't started sprinkling when we were out on the lake, causing me to get totally paranoid about being stuck out on the water during a thunderstorm. We cut short our canoe time because of that. Had we known it was going to stop completely, we might have stayed out longer and followed through with our plan to have a picnic in a little spot that can only be reached by boat. We were actually fishing right in front of that spot, so that we'd be the first ones there at lunchtime! But alas, the sprinkling began... sigh...

Backing up... We did have a great morning out on the canoe, at our friendly neighborhood gigantic lake, haha! It really is huge, and there are so many little spots to explore (especially if you have a smaller watercraft, like a kayak). On our way over to the cool picnic spot, I peeked around one side of an island and saw a beaver dam! We went right over to it and checked it out. We didn't dare go much farther, though, because the large number of lily pads told us one thing: shallow water! So we turned around and went back out to the deeper spots as soon as we were done looking.

After that, we mostly fished. Or rather, we spent a lot of time reeling in Niko's fish. Every time he dropped his hook in, he caught another fish! I didn't even photograph them all, but here's a sampling:

He had a blast, though he wanted the fish nowhere near him. And we threw the fish back, both because they were too small and because we don't really eat fish. We're catch-and-release fisherpeople. In fact, I think Niko might have caught the same fish more than once. Survival of the fittest? haha!

Meanwhile, despite fishing in the exact same spot, with the same hook and bait and whatnot, Maya caught only one fish. And it fell off the hook and back into the water before I could get a picture. Thankfully, she is so good-natured that it didn't really bother her. She just wanted to snuggle with me.

Here are a few pics from my spot in the canoe, before I forget! This was Gus' Father's Day present, so it was fitting that we took it out today!

So... then the sprinkling began. The forecast had said it wasn't supposed to rain until tonight, but it's been wrong a lot of the time. I thought that the storm might have moved in more quickly than they thought. We really had no way of knowing if the sprinkling would stop, or when. And we were almost as far from the boat ramp as we could possibly be. So we headed back. And, of course, it stopped sprinkling right before we got back to the ramp. Still, we packed it in. And, since our peanut butter sandwiches no longer seemed very appealing, we drove down the road to our awesome local restaurant that is only open in the summer. We had great food, and Niko got his fill of playing checkers...

The rest of our day was spent relaxing. We played a little badminton in the back yard, then Gus snuggled on the couch with the kids while they watched a movie. I made him a special dinner, and that was that! I really hope he had a good day. Because I know I did! :)