one fish, 22 fish, black fish, good fish

Every year, we choose one "new" place to go camping (a place we've never been camping before). This year it was Wallace Lake. The last time we were there was in 2001 when we took baby Ammon to have a picnic. It's about 30 miles from our home, and it took an hour to get there. It had been a rainy week, so there weren't very many people there. It was awesome! We got a great camping spot, close to the lake! There was still a little bit of snow patches at the campground, but the twins and Kanyon loved playing in it! The lake was beautiful, quiet, peaceful, and full of fish!Neither Josh nor I particularly like fishing, but Ammon is an avid fisherman! My dad taught him how to several years ago, and now we usually go camping by lakes or creeks where Ammon can fish and the twins can play in the water. Ammon set a record and caught 22 fish at Wallace Lake! Unfortunately, they were all little fish, so we threw them all back in. But it was so fun to see his delight at each new catch!
Jonah caught one baby fish, which we threw back into the water, too. After feeling successful about his catch, he quit fishing. Micah isn't a very patient fisherman, and he gave up after several minutes. But Kanyon was happy to take Micah's fishing pole, and enjoyed throwing the line back and forth in the water. Josh caught the biggest fish, which was the only one we kept. I am the only one in the family who eats fish, and I had planned on gutting it and cooking it, but I forgot. That night, after dinner around Josh's warm campfire, I remembered about the fish. So we threw it into the fire because it was too late to clean it. But then I felt wasteful, so after a minute, I pulled the blackened fish out of the fire with a BBQ stick. I pulled the skin off and just started eating it. I had never done that before. It was actually quite delicious (even though it looks disgusting)! And it was so much easier to eat without all the work of gutting it!

The next morning, Ammon was the only one who wanted to fish some more. There was a little trail from our camp site to the lake, and I went to see how he was doing. It was a beautiful sight with the morning fog around the lake, and Ammon solitarily fishing. After everyone was up and going, we took a family hike around the lake, and up a creek onto some giant rocks. It was chilly and started raining, so we left a little earlier the second day than originally planned. The boys were soaked and cold and whiney. But overall, we had a great time! I think it's definitely one camping place we'll go back to regularly!