Disappointing weekend-but we made the most of it!
The weekend was a downer for outdoor plans. I guess it wasn’t a total bust, but my Mother’s day plans really didn’t go quite as well as I would have liked them too. I guess that is the way life works sometimes, and you just have to roll with the punches so to speak.
Saturday was absolutely gorgeous. It was in the high 60’s and absolutely beautiful outside. I took the dog out to let him run around and enjoy the nice weather. While he did that I sat on the porch and got my fishing poles around for our first fishing trip of the season that was planned for the next day. I put new line on my reels, made sure they were functioning as they should, got the tackle box around, and loaded it up with some new lures I got last year for Christmas, and just overall made sure I had everything ready for the next day’s fishing events.
So the next day comes (Mother’s day), and what does it do? Rain. All day! A little rain normally doesn’t keep me away from fishing, but this was the constant all day, accompanied with 20mph winds, rain. Not something I wanted to venture out in for my first fishing trip of the season.
The day wasn’t completely a bust though. Jeff got a little ingenuitive. We wanted to shoot our bows for the first time this year, and apparently with us not being able to fish, he was desperate. That made him, on the way out to our parents house, devise a plan that would still allow us to shoot the bows without getting wet. My parent’s polebarn has a sliding door at the back corner of it, so we sat a target out in lawn, 20yds in front of us, and shot from inside the pole barn through the door. What a brilliant idea from Jeff. It wasn’t quite like having a gorgeous day to shoot, and it limited the different shots we could take, but it still provided for some outdoor activities without getting drenched. We got all the boys, and Corrin, in on the act as well. It actually was a pretty good time.
So, hopefully we manage to get out fishing some night this week, and hopefully the rain finally holds off as well. If that doesn’t happen I am just going to focus my attention on the wife and I’s first camping trip this weekend.
Hopefully it doesn’t rain for that either!
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My husband went fishing in the rain and came home with 6 big crappie - guess what we’re having for dinner?
We had the same weather here. Good luck fishing this week.
Bummer - but it sounds like y’all were still able to have a good time! Have fun camping! I can’t wait till the mountains clear of snow around here and we can get up to the good campin’ spots for some mountain lake fishin’ and relaxation!
If I were mean spirited I would say, “I am glad to be not the only one that had a wash out weekend.”
It’s really frustrating, all week when you work the sun shines bright and warm then comes the weekend and with it black clouds, heavy winds and rain. I tried to go fishing but gave up because the wind was strong and each time I cast the wind would blow the lure back to me or somewhere else I didn’t want it to go.
Should have gone bear hunting instead.
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Certainly can take the joy out of plans when they don’t quite workout like we want. Glad you figured something to do to sidestep total boredom.
We started out with rain on Mother’s Day. The clouds blew away with the 30-40 mph winds after noon.
Here’s hoping you and Jeff get out to fish this week!