Chautauqua Lake

We had a great weekend camping in Chautauqua. It's one of my favorite places to go. The weather was beautiful. We had campfires, ate s'mores and went for walks. We did some hiking at the Jamestown Audubon & Wildlife Sanctuary and saw Liberty the eagle:



The muscles are damaged in her wing and she is unable to survive on her own. What an awesome creature. We also saw frogs playing tag in the lily pads but I couldn't get a picture of that.

After we packed up the camper to come home, the boys decided they wanted to go fishing. So we stopped at the lake . It was a great day for it (although a little windy).

Here's my husband's great catch...

Am I blessed or what?!? (good thing we weren't counting on that for dinner)


Z caught an abundance of fish mostly pumpkin seed and J caught a couple also (I guess he wasn't in the right spot).



After a couples of hours it was time to come home, unpack, put stuff away in the kitchen, put stuff away in the bathroom, put clothes away, clean out the cooler and whatever else. I love to camp but all that packing before and after is not my favorite thing. And then there's all that laundry....