China Lake

Jorja and Preston were so excited to go fishing again.  Preston caught a brook trout.  He and Weston were the only ones to do that.  Those are the natural fish at Bridger Lake.  All the other fish were rainbow trouts. Those ones are brought in.....at least that is my naive understanding. Preston was so proud of his fish.  It did look pretty cool.

Preston

 Preston & Jorja

 Jorja

 Jorja with Preston's fish

 Preston with Jorja's fish

 Jorja with both fish

 Bridger Lake

 Mike and Stockton

 My goal was to take a picture of a dragonfly.

Hard to see, but the goal was accomplished!

 Stockton and Mike

 Stockton

 Throwing the fish back

Mike & Stockton in one boat, Steve, Weston & Brandon in the other...I think

Stockton & Mike

Shannon and Jacob went home last night.  This afternoon the rest of us went hiking up by China Lake.  Jorja wished she would have brought her swimsuit.  She wanted to swim in that lake so bad!  It was really pretty.  We hiked past the lake and went to two other ponds that Mike and Steve used to visit when they were kids.  When we were almost back at the truck, Jorja realized that she left her new water bottle. Mike and Jorja ran back to get it.  Luckily it was by China Lake and not the other places we went to.  We let the kids ride in the back of Steve's truck.  They thought that was great fun. I was slow getting out of the car, so this is the best picture I could get.

Weston, Maysen, Jorja, Brandon, Preston, Stockton, Mike

 Preston, Stockton, Weston, Erica, Maysen, Jorja, Stephanie

 Preston & Stephanie - I'm holding his wet socks

 Weston, Jorja, Oscar, Steve

 Jorja's waterbottle - I should have taken a picture of China Lake!

 Preston

More fishing after the hike.  Jorja is addicted!

 Jorja

We were planning on leaving tomorrow morning, but we ended up leaving about 10:00 at night.  Steve left a few hours earlier.  Maysen and Preston are sleeping in the bunk beds.  Stockton is in our bed. Jorja's in the pullout couch.  I tried to stay awake until we were off the bumpy dirt roads, but I couldn't do it.  I slept next to Jorja and gave Mike strict instructions to find somewhere to stop the second he gets sleepy.  I would say this fishing trip was a success.