Sunday's Outing

With the sunny and warmer afternoons getting few and far between, my family had planned to go to the forestry today to have a fall cook out.



We had heard they were dredging the lake at the forestry, but had no idea it was to the extent it is:



Patrick can be seen in the square:



The entire lake as been drained. They have dug a channel through the lake with some huge holes for even deeper spots. Note to self: this will be where the big, lazy channel cats will stay. The arrow is pointing to Patrick:



At the bottom of the lake they have put tree stumps, tied them down so they won't be moving, laid out some large trees, and have put in a new spill way and raised the dam a few feet.



Now, we need to just wait on the rain and hopefully they will have it stocked by the spring of 2009.

It was fun walking on the bottom of the lake. I remember some 30 years ago when Hardy Lake in Scott County was being built. I still enjoy listening to my Dad tell me how he walked on the bottom of that lake as it was being built.

Today, I told Patrick, 30 years from now, he'll be able to share this memory with his children. And he will have the pictures to prove it!