For our end of summer break last hurrah, we took a trip to Flaming Gorge reservoir.  All loaded up and on the road, Kacho is enjoying the wind.

On the water.

Tim and Suzanne joined us for the trip too.

We invested in some fishing gear for this trip. I was the tackle master.

Even Zoey got in on the action. These kids all practiced casting for hours at home with practice weights. They were so looking forward to fishing.

And continue to practice casting they did.

We tried all sorts of things until Eliza eventually caught a fish stick.

Day 2, we boated all the way from Lucerne marina to the dam. Landon and Suzanne drove the entire way while the rest of us relaxed and enjoyed the ride.

We hopped out on the rocky shore and explored the visitor center and the viewing area. It’s always impressive to see such a huge structure holding back such potential.

In the visitor center, they had rocks for sale. You can tell what this girls favorite color is! She found all the pink rocks in the place.

On the way back up river, it got a little blustery.

But then it decided to get nice again and we tried our luck fishing again. This time we came prepared with juicy worms. After trying for a while, we caught what I believe was the only fish in the reservoir!

Later on, Kathryn caught a surprise. She sunk her worm to the bottom and after a little while, felt a very gentle tugging on it. She slowly reeled in her line and discovered a crawdad snacking on her worm!

It finally calmed down enough and we got a few toys out.

Day 3. We went up river a little farther up in to the high desert part of the lake. After cruising for a while, we saw what looked like a sandy beach and we decided to investigate. We were quite surprised when it turned out to be a shale beach. We had a ton of fun skipping rocks and finding all kinds of interesting things.

We found another cove and dropped the lines in again. This time Ashley was the lucky one and pulled up another crawdad.

He went nuts for the Dorito!

Great times!