Reservoir Lake 2012--Fishing

 Each year that we go camping in Montana, Rusty buys a fishing license for 2 days so he can take the kids fishing.

 The kids look forward to this every year.

 You can see how anxious everyone is.

 This is Kitty Creek near Reservoir Lake, Montana.

 After Rusty gets things going, he lets Emmalee & Ben fish by themselves (that is after he casts the line out for them).  Callum and Zane are up the creek a little bit on their own.

 Even with the smokey conditions, it sure is beautiful!

 Emmalee caught the most the first day.  And she caught the biggest one out of all of them.  We only kept one fish to eat--and one tiny one that died because he swallowed the hook & we couldn't get it out.

 This is not the biggest one--but it is a nice sized one!

 Benjamin is telling me how many he caught--one--so far.

 Another nice fish, Emmalee!

 Callum's little "baby" fish--I think he caught 3 that day.

 Zane baiting his hook

 and showing us the fish he caught.

Emmalee's up to 3 already & she hadn't been fishing for very long.  

Reservoir Lake 2012--Canoes

 Each year we have 2 of Grandpa Stewart's canoes at the lake so everyone can enjoy canoe rides.

 This year, Grandpa didn't make it up for the whole time.  We were glad he was able to come up for 2 different days.

 Rusty, Benjamin, and Emmalee on a canoe ride.

 Rusty had our dog, Zeb, retrieving his "dummy" from the canoe.  Zane is in the water at the back having fun.

 Some of the group watching Zeb (up close) as he fetches.

 Notice how "red/orange" the sky (and reflection on the lake) is from the fire smoke.

 Callum jumping into the water from the canoe--nice action shot!

 Callum climbing back in with Brienna's help.  Zane is holding the canoe so it won't tip over.

 Zeb jumping into the lake.  It was fun to watch Zeb--he sure loves the water & will do anything to get his "dummy".

Callum getting ready to take a ride.

Reservoir Lake 2012--4 Wheeling

 Benjamin climbed right on as soon as we unloaded it.

 Emmalee's ready too!

 Brienna giving Benjamin a ride.

 Zane going on one of his many 4-wheeling trips.

 Riding with Rusty on my one 4-wheeler trip--we did the Selway Creek loop.

 Benjamin is too cute!

 Taking a break on one of the trips (possibly to Goldstone)

 Emmalee eating a cookie while everyone else gets ready to go.

 Benjamin trying out his cousin Colter's little 4-wheeler.

A 4-wheeler ride puts Benjamin to sleep within minutes.