The gods of weather have certainly smiled on us this weekend and we tried to get outside for recreation as much as possible. Saturday was mostly domestic and yard work time but we did find time to put the finishing touches on Merrick's Tommy Gun for his halloween costume (1920's gangster, Sophia will be a Flapper). As well as spending what seemed like an inordinate amount of time on Sophia's social studies project. We did managed to sneak over to the Buzadny Fish ladders in Kewanee with some friends. The king salmon and brown trout are coming in from the lake to spawn and we watched their desire and urge filled plights as they jumped up each ladder towards the spawning grounds. Massive fish and plenty of turkey vultures and an eagle soaring above the watery buffet. The fish head to the spawning shed to be milked and their eggs/sperm are then trucked off by the DNR to various fisheries to restock the Lake. The kids were able to touch and hold the fish as well as make t-shirts by painting fish and then pressing the fish to the cloth of their shirts. On Sunday we made our way over to the local Frisbee Golf range and had a nice walk in mid-70 degree temperatures and played about a third of the course before the kids had had enough. The kids seemed to think to object was to race to be the first one to the hole and were in toss and run mode.
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