Gone Fishing….

I should have left a post BEFORE I went fishing to let you know I wasn’t abandoning you.  I have been gone since last Sunday to Bartlett Lake fishing with my family.  The couple of days before that were rather busy getting ready and all packed.  I apologize for not letting everyone know ahead of time.

We had a wonderful time, except we did expect the weather to be cooler up there.  Not so much.  But as long as we stayed sitting in the shade in the heat of the day and if there was a breeze, it was bearable. 

As a matter of fact one afternoon while we were doing just that, across the lake we watched some young people having a little fun.

These three young men were just at the lake for the day with their young lady friend (the smart one down by the raft in the water).  They borrowed the raft from some  campers, swam and paddled across the lake to the yellow cliffs.  The climb up took quite awhile and we were wondering if the third guy was even going to make it up.  One of them was ambitious enough to take a beer up in his back pocket which was shared around the group while a great deal of debate went on as to where the best place to jump from was. 

We could hear them quite plainly across the lake, but they couldn’t hear us - which was probably a good thing.  There was one attempt where the young man stopped before actually jumping.  At that point another one pointed out since climbing back down wasn’t feasible, they just “needed to commit”….so they did….

After his head popped up above water, the next guy went….

The the third guy jumped after the second one popped up.  Unfortunately, I was looking at a boat that was going by to see if it was the ranger and I didn’t get his picture. Then they all had to swim back across the lake….not a short distance by any means.  As we headed out for the afternoon fishing, my brother and sister-in-law went by them and let them know if they went to the camp with the flag, he had some pictures he took to show them.   They showed up later and wrote their little tale in the journal my oldest brother keeps of all the fishing trips and had their picture taken.

Turns out they’re all from Michigan originally.  The two on the left live in Arizona now, the other two are driving through from California headed back to Michigan.  We’re glad they lived to tell the tale and continue on their journey.

Notice how young they all are….explains some things doesn’t it.

They did recommend jumping with shoes next time.  Guess it really burns the bottom of your feet when you hit that water….

You really do meet some interesting people at the lake….