Banks Lake

We decided to go on a last minute camping trip...
We chose banks lake (the reservoir pumped from grand coulee dam).  I grew up going there every summer and thought everyone else would enjoy it.  I called the campground and as luck would have it, they had one camp site available.  It was our lucky day!!!  That never happens, this is way too good to be true.

So, we arrive friday early evening, and here's our campsite.  Waterfront (awesome), access to a dock (awesome), but literally, just to the right of that dock is the boat launch.  Alright, no biggie... we can handle a little boat launch action!

Uncle Jerritt builds an awesome campfire and we cook hotdogs (sick) and s'mores.  Go to bed and 3 a.m., a giant diesel truck sounds like it's parked on top of our tent.  Then, another truck, then guys chit-chattin'!  What the heck? 

As luck would have it, there was a bass fishing tournament that morning!  So, anxious fishermen and their LOUD trucks were filtering next to our campsite from about 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.  It was pretty hilarious, actually!

In the meen time, the kids wake up (the dog's been awake... whining and begging to go visit the fishermen) and we walk out to our convenient dock to go fishing.  Kase absolutely loves fishing!  He put the worm on his hook and everything.  He was a little hesitant to grab the fish, but he got the hang of it by the end of the trip.

Kash loved fishing also, but his fishing was a little different than most.  He doesn't fish for fish.  He just sits and plays with the worms.  He names them, measures them, compares them to one another.  And then, when Kase needs a new worm (which is every two minutes it seems because he is constantly casting and reeling in... casting and reeling in...), Kash takes his sweet time and pulls a worm out, "nope, not squirmy" puts it back, "nope, not slimy".  Then, the fights on.  Kase is chasing Kash telling him to just give him a worm, Kash is freaking out because there's apparently a certain order he wants these worms drown.  Oh... the joys of children!!!

We caught quite a few fish.  Some perch and some small mouth bass!  It was fun!  Later that day, we rented a paddle boat and paddled around the lake for a bit.  We also went to the tour of the dam and Saturday night, we went to the laser light show at the dam.  It was exactly the same as it was when I use to watch it as a kid.  Pretty cool.  The next morning, (3a.m.) we lucked out, it was a two-day fishing tournament!!  We ate breakfast, I think Kase drown a worm or two, we packed up camp, and headed home!  It was a pretty fun trip...