The Desert Olive: Fishing at Roosevelt Lake

And... we're back!

It's been a fun and fast couple of weeks, although it feels like much longer. I have a lot of catching up to do with posting photos and such, so I'll start from where I last left off and conclude with the most recent event, my cousin Katie's wedding this past Sunday in New York, as a continue to sort through photos.

Continuing with my last post, Fishing Trip Preparation, we made it to the lake, which is 2.5 hours north of Tucson, but not without a little bit of drama. Our friends, Nick and Russell drove up in Nick's new Jeep, and Galen and I took his car, a Honda Element, which we were planning on sleeping in overnight, since the seats fold completely flat into two twin size beds, before driving back in the morning.

We got off to a late start and by the time we made it to the lake, it was completely dark out. Accidentally, we drove onto a dirt path (not really made for cars) and decided to turn around because Galen's car was barely clearing all of the large rocks, but not before a drunk shirtless guy approached our cars asking for a tow because his truck got stuck in some sand. Galen's car isn't 4-wheel drive, so Nick kindly gave it a try but without any success. Nick's gesture though, didn't go without consequence. Minutes after trying to help the other truck, Nick's car broke down. After waiting on the side of the pitch-black road for a tow truck and then trying to navigate without a map to the water, we made it to the lake shore at about midnight.

Since we inherited 2 more passengers and all the gear in our car, there wasn't anywhere for us all to sleep, so we fished through the night, and Galen stepped up and drove home in the morning even thought we were all exhausted.

We ended up catching 2 fish that night, a catfish and a bass. We took home the catfish, and Russell took the bass, which he cooked the next night. It was delicious!

If we go again, we'll definitely map out where to go before heading up there!