Local adventure....

Sometimes a little adventure doesn't take us very far or have to be very long. Denny dropped by and wanted to visit the pond by the house. Since Terrence was in school, I grab Jason, a camera and off we went to show Denny where the pond is.

A short hike later, we were at the dam and Denny baited up his hook with earthworms to see if anything is home. I left the walkie talkie with him so we can test it's range and communicate. I took Jason with me and we return home so Julie can head out to work. Along the way, we stopped for a minute or two for some photos.

Photo of the dam from a little trail over the hill. That's Denny on the dam.

Jason on that trail. The little hike up had him huffing and puffing. I did the same once I had to carry him the rest of the way.

He likes to pick up rocks and weeds a long the way. Everything is new and interesting at this age. He saw dragonflies and grasshopper and wanted to chase them.

Enjoying a cold drink with the feet hanging over the edge. Life is good.

Finally at the car and only a few minutes to spare. We quickly took a few photos...because photos are always a good thing to look back upon.

He's not always smiling. Most of the time I get looks like these.

The walkie talkie worked and I was able to talk to Denny from home. Denny ask I wanted to keep a bluegill he just caught. This is the first fish I have seen out of this pond. At least we know they are there. Back he goes to grow.

Denny later reported in, saying he caught a smaller Largemouth Bass before calling to ask about lunch with this just legal size Largemouth. 12.25"

Just the perfect size for soup...which fed both of us, my little man J with left over for Julie. Lunch was soooo good and we BTF are crazy like that about fresh fish.

Anyways, that little adventure and change of pace must have stirred up an appetite in Jason. Usually the difficultly slow eater, he was woofing down his lunch. Ate at least 3x the amount he normally eats. It's so fun to be able to just visit the local hiking trails like these in our own backyard.