The Powers' House: A Week in the Life [Day 6: Friday]

Friday morning dawned and it was a beautiful day. It was a little cold at first, but it ended up being a perfect day. This was my morning view from our campsite.

Aaron built another fire and we tossed our breakfast tacos on it to warm up. I've gotta say, they were pretty good!

After breakfast, we decided it was time to get out and do some stuff!

We first went on a hike to Devil's Waterhole. It was really pretty and we all had a lot of fun. I love that both of our kids have an appreciation for beauty. Carson kept rounding corners, "Guys, you have to come see this!" They love to explore.

The rock formations at the park are so cool and interesting. I would love to know more about it. Very unique. God is so creative.

A while later, we drove down to Longhorn Cavern State Park. It turned out to be more than we wanted to pay to go into the cavern, but they had a lookout tower that was really cool and had a pretty spectacular view.

View from the tower. The white to the right was a castle-like building.

We came back and ate our giant sandwich, and then it was on to fishing. The kids couldn't wait to fish. We went down to the pier, where the kids immediately set to baiting their hooks and casting their lines. I parked myself in a chair with a book, even though I do love fishing. I'm was/am reading Graceling, and I wanted to know what happened next.

No one was getting any bites for the longest time, and then I heard Aaron holler, "I got one! I got one! Come here!" I ran over to see him pull out a HUGE fish. It was the biggest fish I'd ever seen someone catch in person. It was so heavy, that when he was trying to pull it over the edge of the pier, it's lip gave way and it fell back into the water. OH NO! It was so sad. From what we can tell it was a channel cat, and it was nearly the length of Aaron's whole arm. Probably somewhere around 15 pounds. It was impressive. We at least got this picture, but it's so hard to get perspective because it was still down below the edge of the pier and there's not really anything to compare it to. It was big though, and here is all the proof we have. :)

After that, everyone kept fishing for a good long while, but there wasn't so much as a nibble. Still fun though. We went back to the campsite to get our bikes and went for a ride. We set out to find a good trail, but we ended up at the Park Store renting a canoe. Sadly, I did not bring my camera for this. We canoed from the store over to Devil's Waterhole again to see it from a different perspective. Abby was totally freaked out by the canoe at first and was in tears because Carson kept looking over the side and she felt like we were going to tip over. But after a while, we all settled in and enjoyed it immensely. (Though at the end, it was very windy and the paddling was hard work!)

We went back to the campsite after that, and while Abby and Aaron went to go get firewood and ice and such, Carson decided he would go swimming in the water by our campsite. That water was cold, but that didn't stop him. Abby joined him when she got back and they had a blast.