Fishin' the Missouri

We are just a hop, skip, and a jump

away from the Missouri River and Big Bend Dam...

so for a few weekends now we like to 

drive out there and keep an eye

on the water and the flooding conditions...

this shot was taken 3 weeks ago..

150,000 sq foot per second passing through the spillway

two weeks later you can see how all the water

has carved out the land at the bottom of the spillway

it's now flooded most of the area

between the spillway and actual dam....

including the campground and playground ~

we were all swinging here 2 weekends prior to this shot....

the pelicans have become 

campground keepers,

patrolling the road for speeders!

over by the dam the water is moving

so fast the swirling current made me nervous!

Eric and Rachel wanted to touch the water!

I was like a nervous old Grandma telling them not to.

I think I heard this pelican saying

"Chill out Gramma!"

Then I calmed down and even 

let Sall put in a fishin' line!

Wow, the fishin' was good!

It hardly took any time at all before

he caught a walleye and a bass BIG enough to keep!

Yep, that's a grown man 

doing the "happy dance"....

"Walleye for dinner, kids!"

Hope you're enjoying a great weekend!