Ice Fishing with Dad and Jarrett

On Friday, Dad and Jarrett drove up from Grand Junction. They arrived before I arrived home from work and we went out to lunch at Farrells before heading to Gene Taylor's for last minute supplies and then we headed out to Blue Mesa Reservoir to go ice fishing. Friday afternoon it snowed and I took this photo of Dad in the tent we set up on the east side of the Lake City Bridge. On the way back to the truck, we had to climb up over a black ice sheet on the bank and we all laughed because of how hard it was to stand up.

We didn't catch any fish so we went to the Trough for dinner and I had a big pile of beef ribs while Dad had a steak and Jarrett had the pork ribs.

On Saturday, we ate breakfast at the Old Miner and then we drove to the same bridge but decided to go to the same location that Jarrett and I have ice fished before. While we were going down the lake edge, I was following Jarrett and Dad followed me. For some reason, I turned around and saw Dad flying through the air and landing on his face. At first I was concerned but then after seeing he was okay, starting laughing at the seeing of my father flying through air as he had slipped. Dad said that he moved out of the way otherwise he was headed straight for me! We finally got everything set, this photo is Jarrett and Dad taking a break from drilling the first ice hole:

We didn't catch any fish for the first hour or so but then Jarrett caught a fish and Dad soon followed. I was worried that Dad's first ice fishing experiences would be devoid of the main reason we were out there, so when Dad caught a second, I felt better. Jarrett kept catching fish, nothing for me until the last hour when I finally caught a fish but returned it because it was too small. By the end of the day, we had plenty of fish for dinner and I had Dad took this photo of me with a crappy smile:

For dinner, I used the mushroom and lemon recipe to cook the fish. I always have a great time when my family visits and I have some great memories from this weekend with Dad and Jarrett.,