Fishing at the Midway Pond...

I have a former student, Micah, who is quite the young fisherman.  The thought occurred to me at some point last year that, perhaps, he would get a kick out of taking my boys fishing over the summer.  Gavin's first fishing pole wasn't gonna get the job done, so we picked up a new one at Walmart and the power bait that Micah recommended.  He touted having caught some outlandish number of fish there on more than one occasion...

...but, unfortunately, that was not the case the day we met Micah there.  We didn't end up having that much time, though, because a storm was coming in quickly.

My boys will surely remember the experience of meeting Micah at the pond near our house with great fondness, regardless of the fact that we caught nothing that day.  In the picture above, Micah was tending to Gavin's small wound, and he was so excited that he had everything he needed to be the perfect medic on the case.  Micah, you're a great kid, and you restore my faith in teenagers, in general!  Thank you for being so awesome with my boys.