Gone Fishin'

Last Friday when I got home from work, Brandon & I decided to take a spontaneous drive to one of his fishing spots he's been going to lately. I haven't been fishing with him in years - he's just recently taken it back up - and I didn't know where this particular spot was. Let me tell you - it was out in the middle of nowhere, down a non-existent road that I could have sworn we weren't going to make it down in his little pickup! I was told to keep my arms in the truck and we'd be fine. "Mmm hmmm...we'll see," was my thought as the tree limbs surrounded us and we bounced through a dried out creek bed.

The place turned out to be really nice and peaceful once we finally got to it. We sat up our chairs, and he baited his hook and started fishing. I explored a little and then killed time taking photos and playing with the apps on my phone, periodically stopping to look at whatever he was pointing out to me...turtles, fish swimming around his line, etc. It was a nice, quiet evening. I really enjoyed spending time with him outside and away from the TV, which is what a lot of our evenings revolve around. It meant a lot to me that he invited me to go along. :)

Here are a few more pics that I took while we were there. Click them to see a bigger version.

Here we are right after we got there and set our chairs up.

This old chrysalis was on a tree near where Brandon was fishing. I thought it was really neat.

Despite all the large shapes we saw swimming under the surface and the numerous worms that were taken from his hook, this little bluegill was the only thing he caught. Fortunately for the fishy, he was too small to do anything with, so he got thrown back.

Cypress Knees

We took a little walk down the "road" before heading home and found these huge rocks. It was pretty, but it was getting really late in the day and we were out in the middle of NOWHERE so I was glad to head back to the truck afterwards!