On Wednesday, we headed up to Rapid City and bought us some fishing poles, reels, and other fishing stuff. We also hit Target and Safeway before heading home. We managed to keep ourselves busy for over seven hours.
John got the fishing stuff all put together and as we still had plenty of sunlight, we headed up to Sylvan Lake to try out our gear. We did manage to catch a couple of fish (catch and release) and enjoyed ourselves until the mosquitoes ran us out.
Thursday morning we were up early and headed out to Sylvan Lake. It was windy and rather cool and didn't have any luck. A couple of deer did walk past not too far from us as we were at the lakes edge. That was cool. We decided to call it quits and go get breakfast and then try Stockade Lake. Some nibbles but we didn't catch anything. We did watch a Blue Heron fly low over the lake and were serenaded by quaking ducks. When we called it quits, we decided to take a drive around the lake as we hadn't done that before. It is a very pretty lake and will be nice to kayak.
We got home, had a snack, and went up to the office to chat. There ultimately were eight of us out chatting in front of the office. While we were standing there, what sounded like an siren went off for several minutes. None of us knew what it meant but the park's owners didn't appear concerned so we dismissed it. Later, John and I were up at Custer True Value when one of the locals asked about the siren. No one seemed to know anything. We thought it was all very strange.
As the evening was still young, we went back up to Sylvan Lake (only 15 minutes up the road) to try our hand at fishing. We had bought some Power Bait that everyone swears by and a couple of lures. The fish weren't too impressed with the Power Bait. John caught nine fish and me two. All fish were released. John caught the most but I caught the BIGGEST. Still it was nothing compared to the one Travis caught the other day. I must say, my shoulders are feeling used as well as my biceps. Who knew you used so many muscles casting and reeling in.
Friday is the day Melissa arrives. We spruced up the place and washed the truck as it was very dirty. The rest of the day was spent pretty much just cooling our heels until we head up to Rapid City to pick up our beloved daughter. When Melissa arrived in Salt Lake City, she gave us a call as she had a four hour layover. It will be so nice to be able to wrap her in a big ole hug.
John got the fishing stuff all put together and as we still had plenty of sunlight, we headed up to Sylvan Lake to try out our gear. We did manage to catch a couple of fish (catch and release) and enjoyed ourselves until the mosquitoes ran us out.
Thursday morning we were up early and headed out to Sylvan Lake. It was windy and rather cool and didn't have any luck. A couple of deer did walk past not too far from us as we were at the lakes edge. That was cool. We decided to call it quits and go get breakfast and then try Stockade Lake. Some nibbles but we didn't catch anything. We did watch a Blue Heron fly low over the lake and were serenaded by quaking ducks. When we called it quits, we decided to take a drive around the lake as we hadn't done that before. It is a very pretty lake and will be nice to kayak.
We got home, had a snack, and went up to the office to chat. There ultimately were eight of us out chatting in front of the office. While we were standing there, what sounded like an siren went off for several minutes. None of us knew what it meant but the park's owners didn't appear concerned so we dismissed it. Later, John and I were up at Custer True Value when one of the locals asked about the siren. No one seemed to know anything. We thought it was all very strange.
As the evening was still young, we went back up to Sylvan Lake (only 15 minutes up the road) to try our hand at fishing. We had bought some Power Bait that everyone swears by and a couple of lures. The fish weren't too impressed with the Power Bait. John caught nine fish and me two. All fish were released. John caught the most but I caught the BIGGEST. Still it was nothing compared to the one Travis caught the other day. I must say, my shoulders are feeling used as well as my biceps. Who knew you used so many muscles casting and reeling in.
Friday is the day Melissa arrives. We spruced up the place and washed the truck as it was very dirty. The rest of the day was spent pretty much just cooling our heels until we head up to Rapid City to pick up our beloved daughter. When Melissa arrived in Salt Lake City, she gave us a call as she had a four hour layover. It will be so nice to be able to wrap her in a big ole hug.
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