Yesterday, was a partly cloudy day, with a high temperature of about 60. Not the most beautiful of days, but Marc and I knew we didn't want to sit around the house. So we decided to take the boys to Marc's hunt camp, and have a little picnic.
The plan, once we got there, was for the boys to do a little fishing, have our picnic, and then do a little exploring. Grey had fallen asleep in the car on the way there, so when we first got there, we left him in the car. While Marc and Luke got busy fishing at the big pond...
Grey eventually woke up, so we had our picnic and then the boys and I did a little bit more fishing. While I was holding Luke's "Cars" pole for him, I snagged me a good sized Crappie. And before we packed up the gear for the day, Marc had a another huge bite (probably a bass), but lost it when the fish got stuck under a branch.
Once we packed up your picnic and the fishing gear, Marc drove us over to an area of the camp they call the "Bone Yard". It's basically a large field that is littered with deer skeletons.
The field is located near a grove of trees where they put the deer carcasses after they process them for the meat. Then, buzzards and coyotes drag the carcasses out into this field to enjoy their feast. The boys had fun looking for bones.
After the bone scavenger hunt, we hiked to the mouth of a natural spring, where Marc wanted to show us his favorite tree. This tree, at some point in it's life, fell over, and even though it's trunk is split, it is still growing, and provides a natural bridge over the spring.
The headstones date back to the mid 1700's. Some of them are so old, they are crumbling and the writing is barely there.
The cemetery was beautiful and peaceful.
The Faucheux family enjoyed a nice wonderful Sunday. We fished, we ate, we explored, we hiked... we were together. Can't ask for more than that.
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