Lovin' Grandpa Pond

On June 11th, Lachlan and I flew back with Grandpa Pond, Dennis Stoltenberg(sp?), and his wife Pat. Shayne ended up flying on a later flight because of the circumstances with purchasing his ticket. It was so nice to have Grandpa Pond helping out during the flights. As usual, Lachlan was a little pro. He travels so well...hope that never changes!

After getting back to Soldotna...yeah for home...Shayne and the rest of the crew went fishing on the Russian River the next day...at like 4:30 in the morning! Dana, Shayne's dad, is crazy like that. Needless to say, Lachlan and I did not go fishing that early. We ended up meeting them there later in the day. By that time the rest of the group had caught their limit, so Grandpa volunteered to watch Lachlan while Shayne and I went down to the river so I could catch my limit of Red Salmon. Grandpa fed Lachlan, hauled him around, and even took a nap with him while we were gone. What a good grandpa!

The last pic is of our little family in the Russian River parking lot. We would have taken Lachlan down in the backpack, but with grandpa volunteering it made the hike and fishing go faster.