Does anyone know a good fishing spot?

Ok, so here's the remainder of my post about our weekend trip. We had so much fun relaxing and kicking it in the cabin that we didn't end up going to bed until around 2 am. We had to be out of the cabin by 10, so unfortunately we had to get up a little earlier than we liked. We both slept like rocks after our long hike. We got up and cooked another big breakfast and packed up our stuff. Pippin started to get REALLY anxious that we were going to leave him behind. He slipped out the door once when we were packing the car up and got in the car. I'm not sure why he has such anxiety. He was so attached to us that he FINALLY climbed up the wooden stairs to the loft of the cabin. All weekend he had been too scared to go up there.

From the cabin we headed over to Lake Blue Ridge. At the bait shopped we asked for the best fishing spot. They told us above or below the dam. You couldn't get above the dam due to construction, so we went below the dam. That was THE worst fishing spot I've ever been to. It was rocky, so every line I threw out got stuck on rocks. It was terrible. Plus it was crowded with kids who wouldn't give you your own personal space. So, we headed out of there and tried some side roads to try to find a better spot. We found a neat, deserted area on the side of the lake and set up camp. We even found a nice area for Pippin to splash around at the edge of the lake. He loved it! I think I got a few bites, and then we started watching a storm come in. Story of the weekend, right? It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. You could literally see the storm line moving across the lake. Perhaps we shouldn't have been so mesmerized because we got SOAKED. Pippin started freaking out and tried to get under the car and I couldn't get the worm off my hook. We decided it was time to start heading back towards home. Along the way we stopped at a little BBQ place for lunch, and then we headed over to the Ocoee Whitewater Center (home of the 96 Olympics whitewater contest). They've turned it into a really nice park with a lot of trails and places for your to splash around in the water. Of course, once we got out of the car and headed out it started raining. Why wouldn't it??? We got 100% percent soaked, but we didn't care because we were there to have fun. We stood in the rain and watched the rafters and kayakers. The rain stopped as we moved further down the road, so we stopped one more time on Lake Ocoee and grabbed a book and sat down next to the lake and enjoyed the great breeze until - you guessed it - it started raining again.

All in all we had a great trip and I highly recommend the area to anyone looking to get away for a few days. There's so much to do outdoors there. They're having a half-marathon on the Ocoee trails in September. I'd love to do it! It sounds like it would be nice and challenging.

Tonight I ran 5 miles. The weather was nice, it was still hot but nearly as muggy. I had a great run, and had a good speed going. In the middle my right foot fell asleep, but it seemed to actually make me go faster. Go figure!!

See ya tomorrow!

Rae

Exercise:
Mon - 1 mile am walk with Pippin, 5 miles evening run