Fishing on Memorial Day

For Memorial Day, our family took a trip to the Fish Hatchery!  It was a fun family trip.  Oliver LOVED seeing the fish splash around in the water.

Then we went to Rancho Tonto and did some of what we call "Lazy Man Fishing".  Lazy man fishing doesn't involve bringing anything except ourselves and a cooler of ice.  They provide everything else, and the fish are practically jumping from their private pond and into your bucket.  Which is fun, but also means the fishing part is fast (You pay per fish and if you caught it, you bought it.)  We had planned for that though.  Rancho Tonto has a big grassy area and a Ramada equipped with nice grills that "fisher-folk" are allowed to use.  We brought up chicken and some yummy sides and BBQ'd.  It was fun.  Here are some pictures from our adventure.

After spending several hours there, we headed to Payson, played at a park (the girls did some ice blocking), had dinner, and then headed home.  It was such a wonderful day trip!  I only wish I had pictures from the ice blocking.  Melanie has already started begging for us to go back to Payson for more ice and hill fun.