Sunday afternoon Sierra, Jeremiah, Francisco and I headed to Weldon Springs State Recreation Area (didn't it used to be a State Park before Illinois became broke?) for a hike. But when we got there, Sierra fell down in the first 50 feet of hiking and cut her knee and had a meltdown to end all hiking meltdowns and so she and Francisco stayed to watch some people fish while Jeremiah and I walked around the lake looking for the allegedly migrating masses of hummingbirds.
After one hour of hiking Jeremiah thought he might possibly have seen one hummingbird and I saw zero. But we did see loads of beautiful butterflies and had a nice mother-son hike where we talked about such interesting topics as snakes, lizards, and fishing. No alligators were mentioned.
When we came back to the area where we left Sierra and Francisco, they were being given a broken fishing pole and some bait by a guy who felt sorry for them because Sierra wanted to fish and was building her own pole out of sticks. Jeremiah and Sierra fished with the broken fishing pole and some worms, and didn't catch anything. Thank goodness. But a woman nearby caught a tiny little fish and let Sierra throw it back.
The kids are really hoping Grandad will be taking them fishing next Sunday afternoon. Kim and Francisco want to know if they should buy some cheap fishing poles for the kids or will Grandad bring one with him or should we pray for rain and discourage the whole endeavor. Extra adults will be available to help Grandad on the alleged fishing trip. But no adults who actually know how to fish. Comments welcome!
Last night the kids, Wolf, and I slept out in the tent in the backyard. A nice way to celebrate what seems to be considered the end of summer, Labor Day weekend.
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4 comments:
We will see what we can do. You may have to find
a source for worms. I will have to find out what Moms schedule is.
Mom is just going to watch you guys fish or take a nap after a busy week-end.
I think ALL the hummingbirds from Illinois have already migrated to our back yard. We have a feeding frenzy outside our kitchen window and Grandad has to fill the feeder at least three times a day. I had to buy sugar two times last week.
I have worms.
TMI Kathleen. Perhaps a trip to your physician is in order, as they have meds that will clear those right up for you.
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