Connor and Rowan Tell Their Stories Tales of growing up in Sitka, Alaska

I tied four flies and the third one came out just like grandpa’s. And I used one of the hooks – the one that doesn’t have a fly on it – for a herring rod. And the others are going to be used for fly fishing. I going to send one down to Idaho to my grandpa to use. I learned to tie flies by watching grandpa.

We were fishing in Wilson’s Pond and catching some bass. I saw geese. After we caught bass we let them go because they were too small.

After we were fishing at CJ Strike in Idaho, we were picking currants and the mosquitoes were attacking us so we didn’t stay there for very long. We put the currants in pancakes and they were delicious. I also got to flip my own egg and take it out. The egg was from the place where we saw the chickens. It was from one of the chickens.

I like picking berries. We picked currants down where we were fishing at CJ Strike in Idaho. I was happy eating them in pancakes. The end.

I holding the chickens. I liked holding the chickens.

I held some chickens yesterday. It had very very very soft feathers. The first chicken I held was very noisy and kicking. I changed to a new chicken. It was fun. the end.

1 I saw a black bear at the gas station in Oregon. I have never seen a black bear up close. The black bear was a cub at the time when his mother got hit by a car.

2 I saw 2 brown bears in Oregon at the gas station. The brown bears were cubs. It was in a cage. I think the black bear and the brown bear were about 3 years old. The same for the brown bears, their mothers got killed by a car.

3 The Animal Planet guy was there too. We was was photo-ing the bears while the other people were giving the bears ice so they could keep cool. The bears were going to Washington State – where I was born, but not in Pullman. They were going to let them go free – they taught them how to survive at a place in Boise Idaho.

I went fishing – I had a few bites. I didn’t set the hook fast enough so I didn’t catch any. I just reeled. I wasn’t watching my bobber. I watched Connor and grandpa and somebody else and I watched for bugs. I saw a dragonfly fly by. And I kicking some rocks and I was watching sometimes the water and I was missing my mom and dad a lot when I was fishing. The end.

I found crickets and moths and spiders and rolly-pollies.