Well, we made our annual post 4th of July trip to Detroit Lake. I took the day off of work on thurs. and loaded all the gear. Surprisingly to Trudy I only missed a few items, but we made due. Trudy got off work at 5 and we rolled to Detroit Lake.
We got there in good time and we were able to get our tents set up before dark. Dawn and Darby had arrived earlier, were totally set up and lended a hand.
Friday morning we decided to launch Darby's boat, but the battery was too low to turn the motor. We found a new battery in town, got it installed and went out fishing. We headed to the deep water by the dam hoping to hook into some kokanee, but went back to camp empty handed.
Friday night we had a good BBQ, and set up Travis's telescope he got for Christmas. We were able to see every crater in the moon, but viewing stars was more of a challenge to pinpoint than we expected.
Saturday morning Darby and I headed to the mouth of the lake to do some fishing in the boat. Trudy and the kids stayed back at camp. We were only going to be gone a few hours, then come back and run everyone out on the boat. We arrived at our fishing spot and set the anchor. I noticed an ambulance and paramedics rolling down Hwy 22 lights and sirens, but payed no mind. A few minutes later the cell phone rings, it's Dawn. Travis had a seizure. We raced back to the camping grounds as fast as the boat would go. I RAN from the dock up to the camp ranger station. Travis was up and around, emt's said he would be ok, but we needed to take him to the ER to be safe.
We drove the 45 miles to Stayton, and had him checked out. Everything was fine, except for a spot on his lung which may be a touch of walking pnemonia. He was issued antibiotics and released. We will have him checked again this week with our family doc.
Needless to say that put a damper on the trip, and I went through a feeling I hadn't felt since Travis was a newborn. We rebounded as the er doc said we should. Darby and I took Travis out to our fishing spot where we caught 11 good size trout in just over an hour. (yellow corn powerbait). So last night we ate well and called it a night. We must have checked on Travis about 10 times during the night, (don't let him know that).
This morning we took Tyler and Darby's girl Lauren for a quick fishing trip. Tyler caught 3 trout in about ten minutes, then we let Lauren have access to the #1 spot. Unfortunately she didn't catch anything, maybe next time.
We headed back and picked everyone else up for a 45 minute high speed cruise around the lake, everyone enjoyed it, and it was a nice release.
So here I sit tired, but still going after unpacking. I will write more about Travis if we find out anything new.
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