7 days of fishing

This post is ending a very long and good run of fishing, hiking, and general exploring of all kinds. I had such a good time and am sad that this little adventure is over..... If it were always like this I wouldn't appreciate it as much. Donnie had a gig for a couple days in Ark... so that led to us fishing the White... then we traveled the upper and lower Ill. on the way home. We stopped and visited with Crouch, explored a few small creeks and fished a tributary to the Ill. We went to a tried and true Rainbow hole and caught a freezer bag full of them..... I cleaned those fish and while I was doing so, one male in particular told me NO. I felt bad about cleaning him and tried to reason with him that it was already too late....but he still said NO. I am sure he will taste just fine.... I also took the kids fishing all 3 days over the weekend....We went up to the lake and caught some spectacular crappie that Donnie and I ate last night....They were wonderful..... During all of this the weather has been outstanding and I can't even begin to describe all the beautiful places I have been in the past week. Easter was perfect. We had a picnic in the state park, Mom made fried chicken, and we had tons of picnic goodies to go along with it, then we took a walk and then went fishing... I don't think Mom had ever fished with my kids before so that made it better.....The entire thing was topped off with a trip to get some new bike accesories and then a 8 mile ride with my true love.....Every time we go a little farther... What a great week!