Hanging Out with the Lookouts: Looie, Louise and Slider

The girls enjoyed meeting the Lookout team mascots, eating ice cream and watching fireworks at the second game of the season for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Sunday Sunset Fishing

Today Catherine and I decided to start the year off with a fishing adventure.  I had been curious about a little lake that I passed everyday on my way to work.  After a few google searches it turns out this small reservoir, Lake Junior, located adjacent to Chickamauga Lake is a public area owned by the State of Tennessee.  Another surprise came when I discovered it had been stocked with trout a couple of weeks ago as part of the TWRA trout stocking program.  After scrambling to get my gear together Catherine and I drove the three miles to find a number of anglers were already camped around the perimeter.

Try as we might the trout did not seem to care for our hastily gathered offerings.  It appeared non of the other fishermen were catching any fish.  After a few casts and lots of waiting we decided to pack up the gear and head home.


Although no trout for supper tonight I am pleased with my new found fishing hole.  I am sure it will provide many adventures later this winter and into spring.


Fishing thought for the day:
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.  ~Author Unknown

The Thaw Has Started

After enjoying the winter weather for a week the thaw is beginning to take hold. The girls have enjoyed sledding and having a break from school. I cannot help but wonder if their grandmother's Appalachian wisdom will prevail. There is a story in Appalachia that if a snow lasts more than three days it is waiting on another snow. I have often been amazed at how accurate some of these stories, handed down through generations, have proven themselves.

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.  -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

Snow Days in the Tennessee Valley

A rare week of real winter weather, in the Tennessee Valley, has been a treat for my family. The cheap sled, bought in December, that I thought would never be used turned out to be a good investment. Thanks girls for having faith. This is our second major snowfall of the season.


Thought for the day:

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." --Zig Ziglar