Canada Creek Ranch

This past weekend was a boys weekend at Bryan's property up north - just Bryan, Mitch, dad and I.  I think this was the first time we did a boys weekend.  Saturday was a busy day, as we had to be back down in Detroit Sunday eve to celebrate my parents 40th anniversary.

Saturday consisted of trout fishing on the lake opening morning, brook trout fishing on a blue ribbon stream, pike fishing on another lake, shooting at the gun range and a photo safari in the outback.  Mitch scored the tri-fecta for the day with a brown, brook and a pike.

dad and Mitch

WD40

gun range

Air time

Safari time

We did about thirty miles of two track at dusk looking for game to shoot.  I really enjoyed teaching Mitch about photography, and talking with him about things like shutter speed, aperture, ISO, lighting, subject, composition, etc.  He's off to a great start, and it's so great to see him take to such a creative hobby at such a young age.

We rode in the back of the pick up and shot elk, deer, partridge, fox, porcupine and the sunset together.  We laughed as we shot pictures of rocks and stalked turkeys in the prone position across fields only to realize it was a stump.

I look forward to sharing this hobby with him for a long time to come, and Bryan's property is a great place to explore the outdoors through a rod or a gun or a lens.