Grampa's Fish

"The one that got away was this big.

Alex is holding up the fish that he will have for dinner this evening. It's a German Brown Trout (or is it a minnow)?

Yes boys, fishing is fun!!

Alex said this was one of the best spots to fish. Michael is trying to keep from getting bored.

The Adventures of Michael and Alex

Dennis had told us that the best fishing was at Fred's Lake in Pinetop. We went by Fred's Lake and it was closed because of high water temperatures so on we went to Hawley Lake. Alex had fond memories of being at Hawley Lake earlier in the summer and he wanted to "show" Michael around. He told us which side of the lake was best to fish on so that's where we started. We had to wait awhile in the truck because it was raining. Michael had just thrown his first line in the water and waited a few minutes before saying: "This is kind of boring." I would say that both boys were more interested in finding crawdads than they were fishing.

Some of the other fun things we did besides fishing and riding the Ranger: We saw a lizard, wild turkey, sheep, a giant moth, cows, horses, elk, antelope, deer, ground squirrels, chipmunks, jack rabbits, cotton tails, prarie dogs, snakes (Dallin when he was running down Green's Peak), fish?, salmon eggs, worms, crawdads, bluebirds, dogs, muggles in the Forbidden Forest, a dead cow, an Indian burial ground, a hawk, beatles, black ants, spiders, a pig with a mohawk and Shrek ears (Joseph saw this in a cloud formation), rain, Dallin as a black speck running in a field, free food from the inept Sonics in Springerville and Show Low. Dallin cut his thumb and Grampa said he was to young to have a knife and then Grampa cut his hand while working on the cabin. We saw two Equine Dentistry vehicles, we ate at a slow Denny's and we saw a girl in a car wreck that looked like Denise's daughter Rachel. We laughed on the way home as the boys mimicked the characters from Harry Potter in their best British accents. We did puzzles and read Harry Potter. It was a fun trip.

Dallin in a contemplative mood. He's trying to think like a fish so he will know what to do to catch one; but first he needs a fishing pole.