Night at Lake Katahdin
Going through the photos, I found a couple really beautiful night pictures. These are my favorites
Archiv: Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2011
Fishing from the dock
Today, after going to the Pitcher plant pond, we decided to stay here at the lake.
The boys were fishing from the dock with small hooks and bread. In the past days, they caught 20…30 fish each day. The fish are rather small and the boys let them always go. They have and had lots of fun (Of course I could sneak away for a couple minutes to write into the blog)
Here are some photos
Grandpa watched over them
They caught something every couple minutes
Sometimes the fish would go below the deck and grandpa needs to help
Smores
Yesterday we learned how to make “Smores”. “Smores” are a bottom cracker, a piece of chocolate, a grilled marshmellow and a second cracker on top. When you eat one and the gooey marshmellow holds your teeth together and you are trying to say “Some More” – you’ll get a “Smore”
First of all, we had to start a fire to be able to grill marshmellows. Of cource we didn’t use matches but our outdoor fire starters.
Then we had to prepare the ingredients for the “Smores”
To get the fire really started, the boys were blowing into the flames
Rachel was preparing the sticks to grill the marshmellows
Then we all had smores and I fogot to take photos on how yummy they are.
Wildlife at Lake Katahdin
Instead of another “gone fishing” report, I am going to write a little bit about the plant and animal life we encountered at the lake
First of all – No, we haven’t seen any moose or bear (yet)
Let’s begin with the pitcher plant. The pitcher plant is a meat-eating plant, which has several tubes on its bottom where insects fall in, can’t get out and are digested. The plant itself reminds a little bit of an orchid. If you are very silent, you can hear it munching (just kidding)
Some pictures of our “house-rabbit”
A little toad on the side of the tracks
Squirrels were always looking for food
Also all sorts of fish like a sunfish
And last but not least – “Buck, the singing dear” He knows the tunes to the theme song of “Rawhide”
Of course, we saw a lot more animals like butterflies, fireflies, squirrels, rabbits, etc. However, not all of the were sitting still so I could take a photo.