Thursday evening was filled with more blogging, more great food and icecream..we ate ice cream every night =)
Friday morning long before the sun decided to get up Uncle Wayne, Charlie with aunt Frans Cinnamon buns and hot chocolate in hand we took off for the river. (with numerous layers of clothing, including a puffy orange coat that made me look like a huge pumpkin)
We stuck our rods in the rod holder and settled back in for a great day of fishing.
Everyone moves very slowly down the side of the river and then when they hit a certain spot in the river you speed down the other side of the river and start all over.
Charlie =)
Charlie got his first fish that broke the line.
We got his second one.
My lour =)
It was so relaxing on the river...so relaxing that Charlie fell asleep.
This is Charlie's second fish
Uncle Wayne's rod got a fish and he let me real it in, which is so much fun. however due to some weird regulations that you can't keep the wild sammon just the hatchery ones i couldn't keep it. His rod went again and the line snapped on that one.
Me chillaxin
Uncle Wayne steering us down the river
We stayed out as long as we could, Uncle Wayne desperately wanted me to catch a fish! he kept saying only 10 more minutes. when we were about to head in. my rod finally bowed. I hopped up (pretty darn fast) and set the hook, after a good fight with the fish..i won...it was another wild one that i couldn't keep, which had Charlie and Uncle Wayne teasing me about liking the wild life. Uncle Wayne was so depressed for me. but hey i got to real it in. it was so much fun and way more fun then shopping all day with the women. I love fishing!
On the way home
After we got home from fishing uncle Wayne cleaned the fish. Then we packed up and had to head to Charlie's cousin Carl's house. Leaving Fran and Wayne was the most depressing thing ever...and they seemed generaly sad to see us go. going to miss them guys!!! they were the best.After we left there we headed to Charlie's Cousins house. we finally had good pizza! the entire trip one of our missions was to find good pizza. it all sucked. until cousin Carl fed us pizza.
My ride home...
Our other mission the ENTIRE time in Washington was to see Mt. Rainer...which we should have been able to see the whole time but due to fog we couldn't, everytime we were outside, traveling, or whatever, we looked for the mountain. on the trip home i got stuck in a middle seat between 2 strangers, who did not seem to friendly. i settled in for a horrible flight. As we reached cruising altatude the guy (Kevin) to my right stated we had sat on the right side of the plane. I looked confused and he pointed out that we could see Mt. Rainer and Mt. St Helens. I got very excited and took out my camera, the mountain i have been trying to see the entire week was finally visible. Kevin realized i was trying to shoot without getting in his way and he moved so i coudl get it and offered to take a few pictures for me.After that we chatted about anything and everything, felt like i knew him forever. Before i knew it we were landing in Chicago.
It was depressing being in Chicago so cloe to scott...yet so far....
The plane emptied out and the 3 travelers got to sit together again.
The flight from Chicago to Philly was un eventful...
So we landed in Philly, Charlie's mother picked us up and took us home...It was an awesome trip, full of great scenary, Mountains, food, rocks, and most of all people....Wont forget my new family.
Until the next adventure of traveling - Be safe
