Fun day at the Mogollon Rim

We spent July 3rd enjoying a relaxing day at Woods Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim, located in the mountains about 2 hours northeast of Mesa. The temperature was perfect and it was wonderful to once again be by a lake in the mountains surrounded by pine trees with each other.



Within 5 minutes of looking for a place to fish, we heard a man yelling that he needed 4 hands. We were near the man right at this moment and saw that he was reeling in a huge fish, but couldn't get it out of the water by himself. Charles helped by getting the fish in a net and brought in the largest trout he has ever seen!

The trout is covered in dirt in this picture, so you'll have to look close to see it!

I got Charles a fishing license for Father's Day along with the promise that I would learn more about fishing and actually learn how to fish. I spent the day reading various books (one of which was the Fishing BSA Merit Badge book) while Charles fished.

The first fishing spot


The second fishing spot


After a picnic lunch, we went on a 4 mile hike around the lake. Along the trail we met a man whose full-time job is to watch and document activities for a pair of baby bald eagles. He had some telescopes set up so we could get a better look at the bald eagles learning to fly.

The baby on the right trying his wings in a gust of wind. The eagles couldn't fly more than that at this time.


One of the adult bald eagles.


Along the hike my sock lost its elastic and scrunched down in my shoe every 2 minutes. I kept it from falling off with a bunch of band aids.


The happy couple at the lake!


After our lake hike, Charles fished some more. Unfortunately he didn't catch any fish, but had one bite! We both thoroughly enjoyed our day!