11-21-2000, 07:04 PM
THIS TRIP WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO MY FATHER AND I. LET ME EXPLAIN, MY DAD HAS BEEN ILL FOR QUITE SOMETIME BUT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY ONE OF HIS MOST FAVORITE ACTIVITIES - FISHING. LAST NEW YEAR'S MY FAMILY AND I SPENT NEW YEARS EVE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MY DAD. HE HAS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR HIM TO MOVE AROUND AND HE LIVES WITH ALOT OF PAIN. HE FINALLY HAD SURGERY ON ONE OF HIS KNEES IN DECEMBER AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO FISHING AND A NEW WAY OF LIFE IN THE SPRING. YOU SEE HE COULD BARELY WALK AND HADN'T BEEN ON THE BOAT FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.<br><br>EVERY DAY THROUHGOUT THE WINTER, HE CLEANED HIS RODS, ORGANIZED HIS TACKLE BOXES AND PLOTTED OUR TRIP. HE WAS MORE EXCITED THAN A KID AT CHRISTMAS. AS SOON<br>AS THE DOCTOR RELEASED HIM FROM THERAPY, WE WERE SET. THIS OF COURSE TOOK MANY HARD MONTHS OF WORK. IN EARLY<br>SPRING, I ARRANGED TO GET OFF WORK AND WE STARTED OUR LONG AWAITED TRIP. WE WERE BOTH VERY EXCITED. I HAD NEVER WENT ON A REAL FISHING TRIP. THE ONLY TIMES I HAD FISHED WAS OFF THE BANKS AT OUR LOCAL LAKE. WE WENT TO TWO TERRIFFIC LAKES -LAKE JOCASSE WHICH HAD GREAT TROUT FISHING AND LAKE LANIER. WE HAD THE BEST TIME. I EVEN CAUGHT A GREAT BIG BASS, WHICH IS THE FIRST FISH I EVER CAUGHT. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT.<br><br>THE ENTIRE TRIP WAS WONDERFUL. I HAD A GREAT TIME. THE BEST PART THOUGH WAS GETTING TO SPEND THE TIME WITH MY FATHER. THE IS ONE TRIP THAT WE WILL BOTH HAVE MEMORIES OF FOREVER!<br><br>by ASHLEYRED : Thursday 21 September, 2000 <br><br>Submit your Fishing Adventure Stories to win great prizes at ReMemory.Com