Three Kids in a Boat

In mid-August we decided to take a trip to Quartz Lake. Ryan picked out a rod for me and we headed out pretty early in the morning. Too early, it turned out. The boat rental stand didn't open until 10:00. We had quite a bit of time to kill. We walked around by the lake and enjoyed the misty day.

Maybe this was the reason the boat rental place wasn't open. You couldn't even see across the lake to where the houses were.


Kim and Glade found some sticks to use as fishing rods. Later Dad put some fishing line on them and Glade actually caught a fish on his!


The kids also enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake. You could definitely see a reason for the name "Quartz Lake".


We finally got a boat and spent the next 4 hours fishing and riding around the lake in the boat. The kids actually enjoyed it. Ryan was a great organizer for this trip and made everything work out really well.

Our catch for the day. I think we finally decided that they were arctic char and young rainbow trout. Not real big, but it was still fun to catch them.


Kim was a little sad that they weren't alive any more.


It was a wonderful day. We all enjoyed the outing tremendously and hope to do it again next summer. Now that we have two rods, maybe we will start earlier in the year and get more out of it!