Here's the crew before we set out, minus Melissa and Sam. So there's Ellen (she didn't go), Lisa Wicke (new elementary teacher), Tricia Wick (principal's wife and middle school math teacher), me, Jeremiah Steck, and David Wick (the principal).
Sam is the best fish cleaner in the whole world! He's also very good at convincing people to eat things like fish nose, cheek and eyeball, he made it sound like such a delicious snack! I think he's holding a bunch of fish eggs in this one.
This picture is a little misleading, I didn't really catch this trout, it was caught on the net. But it definitely made a good dinner! I did do some pole fishing, I caught 2 great big silvers.
Here I'm holding a beating heart from a salmon, it was so freaking sweet! Cool science fact: if you squeeze a heart right after it stops beating it will start beating again!
Here's Jeremiah Steck the shop teacher pulling in a silver salmon off the net. I think this is the owner of the fish heart in the previous picture.
When we were eating we found some gigantic bear tracks... we were all glad that Sam brought a gun. We also saw moose tracks, which got everybody excited because moose season opens in a couple days or something. Yeah, that's my foot.
So, I think it was a pretty great day all in all. Still haven't seen any bears, but I did see some tracks. I learned how to clean and fillet a fish, which is awesome. I also developed a deep deep appreciation of rubber boots, rubber gloves, and rain gear.
We went shooting at the dump the night before, that was interesting because we ended up having some issues with the 4-wheeler starting. Only to find out an hour later it was because the kill switch had gotten hit. Yep. I suck at shooting nazi shotguns.
So, what's the vote, should I buy a gun?
5 comments:
just FYI, this was all pretty icky.
and no, i really don't think you with a gun would be the greatest idea in the world. what if you started laughing?
-Celeste
dude, where's your sense of adventure? me with a gun would definitely add adventure to any situation. that's a good thing!
sure, long as i'm not around to see it, it's a great thing :)
Hey Tara, your uncle Tim thought a 12 gauge shot gun would a useful gun up there, the bear print made me think it might not be a bad idea to gets something for protection.
well, since this bear's foot is bigger than my head... yeah... but i guess i need more evidence that there really are bears, i mean, i haven't actually seen any first hand yet.
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