Fishing in the Dark

Fishing in the Dark
By the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

I love this song.  A lot. It's on my "shower" playlist on my iPod - which consists of songs that I sing to myself in the shower while pretending I'm starring in my own concert. If this were a real concert no one would go.  The songs on this playlist differ greatly in genre and theme. There is no flow.  It's for me and me only.  

So anyway - we played this song the other night when we went fishing in the dark.  I wasn't falling in love with anyone but it was still fitting.   Because really, how often do you actually fish in the dark? 

Fishing makes me think of three things: 

-Going up north to Wawa on fishing trips with my dad, uncles, brother, sister and cousins when I was a kid

-standing out on the Dock at McCarrell's Lake.  My dad and I wrapping balls of foil on the end of a fishing line and casting out into the moonlit sky to attract bats.  Then they would swoop around us as the foil reflected the light of the moon. 

-paddling in a canoe for countless hours on Lake Midgen with Emmlia and her Dad.  I had mosquito bitten, swollen eyes and a bad sun burn as we fished and followed a beaver aimlessly around the Lake, for a reason I don't seem to remember

All three of these things make me smile.