Monday, June 29, 2009
Kite Flying 101
Dancer and Hunter tagged along with Old Hunter again and we went to the most wide open space we could think of...I guess maybe we could have driven over to the high school but we ended up in the newest part of the town cemetary. No big trees or utility poles around and the wind was blowing hard again today, so what better way than to fly a kite. Now Hunter had never been before, but Dancer had. She loved it and so did he!
You can tell by the pictures that they were enjoying themselves!
Hunter had to go inspect the truck and make sure his dad cleaned the wheels enough. (Remember, he's not even 2 yet..so the attention span is not much)
Dancer actually was flying the kite herself for over 5 minutes and the kite was diving all over the place.
The vlog above this blog was one of her first attempts, she did awesome, and Hunter loved helping, running around, and being in the great outdoors.
Not suitable for minors
The previous post I told you that I'd tell you about what happened with the crickets...Well, Uncle Chief Divot wanted to go back to where we bought them and tell them we wanted to return them and say they were defective because we didnt even get a bite off of them. We did just that! But the owner came out and said an expletive that is not suitable for young children. Hilarious video though if you would like to view it just comment and I'll send you through email.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Lake Adventure
Check out my new rod...16 foot telescopic rod that I purchased the day before. Unfortunately it really never got a work out! Darn crickets...!
One of my brother n laws enjoys the fishing aspect of the great outdoors just as much as I do so we went on a fishing expedition..I think he's too squeamish about hunting though. HA!... Uncle Chief Divot I will call him *because he designed t-shirts about golfing*...Dancer and Hunter you probably could come up with a goofier name though.
UNCLE CHIEF DIVOT
We decided to give a local DNR managed lake a try. This lake is approximately 20 minutes from my house as you go westward and it reminds Uncle Chief Divot of the Florida Everglades minus the Gators, thank goodness. There used to be a lake called Beaver Lake that was the largest lake in Indiana but the Army Corps of Engineers *i believe* dried it up many years ago, hoping to utilize the rich nutrient soil for farming. I believe John Dillinger, an old criminal that's famous, used one of the islands on Beaver Lake as a hideout. There's a movie coming out about Dillinger soon, I've heard. Johnny Depp portrays Dillinger. Any movie with Mr. Depp is pretty good; he's a good actor.
So back to our lake adventure, we decide to get up early as Bob Johnson a local archer/fisherman has fished the lake for many many years stated to me, "You You got to get out there early, because once the sun gets high in the sky, the fish seem to vanish. I only fish when it's overcast."
As prescribed we did just that we were on the lake by 6:00a.m. but within an hour the wind started blowing too hard...the weeds were everywhere and the
fish weren't biting, so after a few hours we concluded that we'll fish another day, hoping to entice a lunker into the boat.
My choice of bait that I used was crickets. I had never used this bait before, and boy were they hard to handle. Worms are much easier..simply said. We decided that we should do something about these defective crickets so in the following post...
You'll see what we did!
One of my brother n laws enjoys the fishing aspect of the great outdoors just as much as I do so we went on a fishing expedition..I think he's too squeamish about hunting though. HA!... Uncle Chief Divot I will call him *because he designed t-shirts about golfing*...Dancer and Hunter you probably could come up with a goofier name though.
UNCLE CHIEF DIVOT
We decided to give a local DNR managed lake a try. This lake is approximately 20 minutes from my house as you go westward and it reminds Uncle Chief Divot of the Florida Everglades minus the Gators, thank goodness. There used to be a lake called Beaver Lake that was the largest lake in Indiana but the Army Corps of Engineers *i believe* dried it up many years ago, hoping to utilize the rich nutrient soil for farming. I believe John Dillinger, an old criminal that's famous, used one of the islands on Beaver Lake as a hideout. There's a movie coming out about Dillinger soon, I've heard. Johnny Depp portrays Dillinger. Any movie with Mr. Depp is pretty good; he's a good actor.
So back to our lake adventure, we decide to get up early as Bob Johnson a local archer/fisherman has fished the lake for many many years stated to me, "You You got to get out there early, because once the sun gets high in the sky, the fish seem to vanish. I only fish when it's overcast."
As prescribed we did just that we were on the lake by 6:00a.m. but within an hour the wind started blowing too hard...the weeds were everywhere and the
fish weren't biting, so after a few hours we concluded that we'll fish another day, hoping to entice a lunker into the boat.
My choice of bait that I used was crickets. I had never used this bait before, and boy were they hard to handle. Worms are much easier..simply said. We decided that we should do something about these defective crickets so in the following post...
You'll see what we did!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
It's been a long time...
Okay so I have not been the best blogging person lately..sorry to my faithful readers; however, with the weather nice and kids doing summer things, I've been pretty busy. Besides along with my side job at C. Creek. C.C., I've worked odds and ends jobs.
I've been getting ready for the next deer season fast approaching, trimming back bushes along fields so I can easily and
covertly go to my tree stands. I also have been monitoring our lands much more since the trespasser took our tree stand. I invited a DNR agent come out and inspect a field.
In the future, I hope to be fishing so I will show you a few pictures of those, so check back in the next few weeks until then Hunter and Dancer will be enjoying the zoo, and other day adventures that I might post. Hey it's the outdoors, right??
I've been getting ready for the next deer season fast approaching, trimming back bushes along fields so I can easily and
covertly go to my tree stands. I also have been monitoring our lands much more since the trespasser took our tree stand. I invited a DNR agent come out and inspect a field.
In the future, I hope to be fishing so I will show you a few pictures of those, so check back in the next few weeks until then Hunter and Dancer will be enjoying the zoo, and other day adventures that I might post. Hey it's the outdoors, right??
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