Kats’ Korner-Going camping

Bald Eagle
Photo Credit/Whitney Storie

This is how we camp.
Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Kat Country Hub

Beautiful sunset!
Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Kat Country Hub

We had a great time camping this past weekend at Decatur Bend. My daughter, Whitney and her fiancé joined us along with our dogs Sox and Lili. We have to take them with us too!

We camp the old fashioned way, in a tent. I have never understood bringing all of the luxuries of home with you. Why camp? I would rather be outside “roughing it.”

We took our fishing boat, planning on catching supper.

The plan didn’t work out the way we wanted. We caught many fish, gars. I had never seen one up close until then. They look kind of mean!

It is a good thing we brought along hamburgers and hot dogs because gar was all we caught that evening, other than a turtle that Whitney caught.

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We got back to the campsite late that evening. All of the other campers were inside, probably sleeping.

We got a fire going, along with the cook stove, and had our supper. We spent a nice evening around the fire, then went to bed.

We also bring an air mattress to sleep on. If I were to sleep on the ground like the kids did, somebody would have to help me up! I am getting to old for that!

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Very early in the morning, I was awakened by the sound of a crop dusting plane. There are fields right next to where we were camping.

Once, I was sure he was coming in for a landing, in our tent!

I don’t think a plane would fit. All kidding aside, it did alarm me until I was awake enough to realize what was going on.

We got up and ate breakfast and headed out to fish again.

This time, things got a little scary, at least to Whitney and I.

Fish were jumping out of the water. Yes, I have seen that before. But, what I didn’t know is, they land in boats.

We had two unexpected guests in our boat. I can’t tell you all of the things that my daughter and I said, but I can tell you we were terrified.

The guys weren’t. They thought it was great. They took us to the campsite and went back out, but they didn’t have anymore fish land in the boat.

I guess that is one way to catch a fish. We didn’t catch any others to bring home.

We did see a bald eagle. I haven’t seen one in a long time.

The scenery was beautiful. All in all, it was a great weekend!

Thought for the Day: Enjoy the rest of summer!

Until next time, have a great week!