Saturday, June 8, 2019

Austin Cottingham 3 Camping with the boys pt 2

In the last part of the story I mentioned that we were staying near a dam south of Norfork. This river coming off of the lake was the drain channel for the lake, so that means there are plenty of people around the campsite and surrounding areas. We pulled up to our specific camping lot and started getting settled in, which means folding out our roof top tent and getting all of the supplies out of the camper, letting us sleep in there when night comes. With everyone helping this only took about half and hour. Once we got settled in we wandered around the area looking for good fishing spots. There was a hatchery up the river from where we were camping so that was the first place we wanted to look, being that we all fish. We got to the hatchery and it appeared that people only fifteen and under could fish, nonetheless we continued our trek deeper upstream almost falling on rocks and seeing a few otters along the way. We got done looking at the fish in the hatchery, which were around thirty six inches. After gazing at the fish we got back to our campsite, we started to get lunch going because we all didn't have breakfast. Our lunch was a bit particular because we didn't have hot dog buns but we had hot dogs. This resulted in us eating hot dogs in tortilla wraps, but they were not half bad to be completely honest. Our group pretty much did whatever until night came and we had to start a fire. Once everyone was tuckered out they retreated to the tent on top of the camper, which I got the luxury of staying in the camper with my father, which was pretty comfy. In the morning we all went down to the main area of the river and looked out on the river searching for good fishing spots, as well as some fun we might have. Our whole group split into fishing areas with each of us catching something, for some people all they caught were logs and rocks. The other part of the group caught a few fish leading to bragging rights and some poking at other members for not being able to catch a fish. After all of the poking at each other we went back to the camper loaded up and came back home with little traffic problems or dilemmas. This trip was fun because we all got to hangout together as a group of guys and just do what we do best.

2 comments:

  1. Tyler- Comment #3

    Ah, the thrill of catching a wild log furiously swimming through the water to avoid being eaten. The log truly is a delectable dish. The elusive rock is also very delicious. But for real, what kind of fish did you all catch? Well, I say you "all", but many of you couldn't catch any. I am not great at fishing either though. Was the weather very bad there, I know the last week the weather has been fishy, but Norfork could have been totally different. I do hope the weather was nice for you! A rainy, cold day would suck for camping.

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  2. Bryce Despain - Comment 8

    What is up you silly goose. I commented on your first camping trip blog like 10 days ago, so if I say something that I already have, it is because I have already forgot obviously. But it sounds like you have had a pretty fun time on this camping trip with everyone. It’s also funny that you seen a few otters along the way to trying to find a fishing spot, because I’m pretty sure that is part of your Instagram name if I’m not mistaken. Hopefully I am correct about that because I don’t like to be wrong. I’m glad that you also found a spot to fish afterwards because if you didn’t get to fish after all that time, it would honestly be a complete bummer to you. I mean personally, I have never fished in my life, so I’m probably missing out on some fun, but oh well I guess.

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