Fishing and Crawdads

We joined Grandpa Tom and Grammy Joey down at their property near Yachats this weekend.  On the agenda was a great weekend fishing, chasing down crawdads, and spending some great time with  grandparents.
Levi and I were ready for some fishing on Siltcoos Lake.  Here Levi is showing off his fishing shirt, proof that he's ready catch fish!

The captain and all his crew enjoyed a beautiful morning on the lake.

The morning was beautiful but the fish just weren't biting.  We didn't do much catching.  Gabe (and Levi) were the only successful fishermen.  Gabe caught 2 newts, a little squawfish and this little trout!  Like a true fisher man, Levi will tell you he caught a fish on the lake...and Daddy helped him.

After an unsuccessful morning on the lake.  We headed to Indian Creek to find our dinner!  Thank goodness the crawdads were plentiful.  In just an hour and a half in the creek, we caught 277 crawdads.

There's a tradition of kissing crawdads on this adventure.  Levi would only follow the tradition of kissing the crawdads after they were cooked.  (Not sure that should really count!  The risk of having one hang onto your lip is part of the "fun".)

Dinner still took some work.  We had to shell those 277 crawdads before we could eat them.

Of course we also spent the weekend enjoying camp fires and munching on roasted marshmallows.
And taking a walk (or ride for one of us) down at the beach.  Levi was loving all the little pools made by the low tide!

It's so much fun to see Levi making memories.
Grandpa Tom and Grammy Joey, thank you for having us!