Granddady day 2

What a huge difference a night of sleep makes. Everyone was chipper this morning they were fishing early and swimming in the lake.

We took it easy around camp until about 10 when we set out on a day hike to fish hatchery lake. At about a mile the kids were pooped again but we found fish hatchery lake. I tried a fly and a spinner bait with no luck at all but then Tyler waded out into the lake a bit and started catching fish on A worm and a bubble. Zack caught on Tyler's rod. And have the incredible caught two all by himself. Matt caught 3 and had 2 more on the line. I finally gave in and put on a worm. I caught 5 fish in 5 casts. Wow it was fun. Then the wind picked up and things slowed down a little. We could see the thunder heads rolling in so I helped Zack fillet two of his fish and we cooked them up right there on the shore. They were awesome. Matt even loved it.

Just as we started cleaning the remaining fish it started to rain so we maid short work of their guts and then hurried back to camp. By the time we got to camp it was sunny again so we took a little siesta. Oh it was wonderful. The boys went swimming again and found a raft. It was tons of fun. Then we jut putted around camp for the rest of the night.

We had a brief fireside and read 3 Nephi 11 and Moroni 10. Talking about the importance of the book of Mormon and it's promise

Off to bed and there was this incredible thunderstorm. I recorded a little of it and maybe I can attach some to this post

Granddady day 1

What a tough day. The hike that took Matt and I only 2 hours took us over 4. Big learning experience. Heavy packs and kids do not go together. Matt did awesome once we got his sleeping bag off. Need to find a much lighter one for him. He was an absolute trooper. One of the boys Dillan was stopping to rest ever few hundred yards his pack does not have any kind of a waist belt and so all of the weight in his pack was on his shoulders. He also brought a bunch more food and a big survival book. Finally his sleeping bag is a giant -20 bag way overkill. Bryce and I actually took most of his stuff off his pack and then he still struggled getting up over the pass so I carried his pack up the latn climb to hades pass and from there almost to Granddady lake. Zack did not eat and did not drink enough so he had a spot of heat exhaustion coupled with a little bit of altitude sickness.

Tyler caught a cut throat in Granddady lake while they wired for us to get there. But only one hit in about an hour while they ate lunch. We then pushed on to Mohawk lake to a chorus of. "are we there yet" and "how much further?"

Finally we reached the lake and it was magnificent. With our packs off everyone had a bit of new life and camp was set up quickly. All 4 boys in their hammocks and the other three leaders in tents. I set up my big tarp as a mess/gear tarp for everyone.

Paul sawed logs for a few hours and the res of us tried some fishing and swimming. The boys lit the fire with their fire steels and it was a riot to see how much fun they had doing it. Dinner was light but tasty after the long day.

Zack with his altitude sickness ended up in with Paul and Bryce in the tent. Matt got scared of the noises in the night and also ended up in the tent.

I decided to take a short hike over to Marcel lake whit looked like about half a mile but it was over the forest floor, not on a trail. After half an hour I was pooped and although the GPS said I should be seeing the lake it was not there so I slowly started back. I was impressed how well I did with sense of direction every time I checked I was headed the right way which was surprising over the hills and valleys of the basin.

We finished up the day with the story of Enos and talked a lot about conversion and missionary work.

No fish, long hike, it was a rough day. Haven said it was " hard but fun too."