A Fourth of July to Remember

We finally convinced our friends, Julie and Randy, and their boys, Coleman and Ryder, to go camping with us on Fourth of July.  We had reservations for a remote (boat-only access) campsite at our favorite campground - Umbagog Lake State Park.  It was a bit breezy when we decided to take the boats to the north end of the lake to hike along the Rapid River and enjoy a picnic lunch.  When we were ready to return, the wind had picked up and there were three-foot waves (at least) on the open water.  Jared did the best he could to navigate through the rough water, but the waves were crashing over the side of the boat drenching everyone on board.  After a pounding ride, we made it safely back to camp.  Julie packed light and only brought one pair of long pants, so Jared picked up some fashionable flannel pants at the camp store.  The lake earned the nickname "Lake Oh-My-God!" that weekend.  I'm not sure they will be so eager to camp with us next year.

We stayed an extra day after our friends left and were rewarded with warm, sunny, and calm weather.  We took advantage and went fishing with the bubble-gum pink fishing lures Clara got for her birthday.  After saying, "you'll never catch anything with those pink lures," Jared pulled in a nice smallmouth bass on yellow popper.  Then Clara and Charlie showed him how to do it.  Charlie hooked a huge bass on his pink lure that got off at the boat.  Clara may have hooked the same fish that Charlie did, but this time she landed it.  Check out the last two pictures, I think the pink lure worked just fine.