5 minute freewrite 2739 prompt pleasant place

This is my post for #freewriters 2739 prompt pleasant place hosted by @mariannewest

Today we did not fish, but since we did not run the bait traps yesterday, they needed to be run today. There was no school, so my sister's granddaughters went with us. It made for a crowded little boat. My boat is only 14 feet long and at its widest 4 feet across.

After getting home yesterday and showing my husband the fish we caught, it lit a fire under him, and today he put his pigfish traps in the river. He pulled up to us when we were running our traps. I told him we had good bait inshore, but the offshore line did not have much. He told me he put his traps north of Summit Island and has most of them inshore and one line offshore. I hope he can catch bait up there. We caught 130.

After catching our bait, I took the girls to my pleasant place, which is Judahs Island, and let them play on the swing and swim. The little one told her grandma it was the best day she has had in a long time.

I was walking around the island picking up fossils, and I showed her one and told her it was a million year old turtle shell. She asked if she could have it. I was going to give it to her, but thought it would be better if she could find some on her own. She found two, I think that meant more to her than me just giving them to her, you should have heard her excitement when she told her grandma what she found.

They had fun, and after swimming and having lunch on the island, it was time to put my bait away. I am keeping my holding pen up the creek, and when I lifted it from the water, six baby pigfish fell through the mesh. I was surprised, pigfish had never been that far up the creek, they used to not even live up there because the water was too fresh. They have really changed things since they stopped the freshwater from entering the river. They are turning the creek into saltwater.
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