Father's Day Scavenger Hunt

This morning started just before the break of dawn. Actually, it started the night before with a hasty search for a really great way to surprise dad with a much needed fishing trip for Father's Day. After too many bad ideas to list I finally had the brilliant idea to use google maps to find pictures of landmarks to use as clues. Theses clues would then guide him to his final fishing destination. I naturally was not prepared enough to actually hide the clues and make him find them; I would just have to make due with handing them to him as he reached each location. It's the thought that counts, right? Along with all the clues I also had to pack the cooler, shop for cards, get Boo to make some sort of noise in the recordable card (more of a challenge than you would think with a six month old), hitch the boat up to the Jeep (if I could find the hitch), find and load all of the fishing gear, and do all of it without tipping him off.

This morning arrived after not quite enough sleep. I got a sleepy Boo ready then we jumped Dad in the bed to get him started on his Father's Day Scavenger Hunt. With his clothes laid out and the cooler and tackle boxes loaded, we just needed his help hitching the boat up to the Jeep (I couldn't find the hitch). Once we were all loaded in the car he received his first clue which sent us to Wal-Mart where we could pick up our fishing licenses, and some more sunscreen. It was pretty obvious by then that we were going fishing but he still didn't know to where. His next clues would lead him to landmarks and road signs and then to our final destination, Glendo Reservoir.

We got the boat loaded in the water and started making our way around the lake. We spent about eight hours on the lake and still didn't make it all the way around. Glendo is huge, especially when it is at 110% capacity. Boo helped dad steer the boat so he wouldn't have to do too much work on Father's day. My two men had a great time. Dad told Boo about boats and fishing and Boo told Dad all about everything there was to see around the lake.

After some unsuccessful fishing our stomachs were starting to growl so we found some rocks by the shore to have a picnic. The rocks were a bit more difficult to tie off to than we first anticipated so I sacrificed myself and my dry clothes in the attempt. I climbed back onto shore where Boo and I played in the water. Boo was having so much fun we literally had to drag him out of the water because his little feet were so cold.

We spent the rest of the afternoon trolling around the lake; Boo took a nap while Dad and I just spent some quiet fishing time together. We had a great day in the sun and I am proud to say that even though we were both sunburned we managed to not sunburn the baby, which is really the important thing isn't it? When we got back to the boat ramp we loaded up and headed back home empty handed. I guess that means we'll just have to go fishing again.