Spring Fun

I am starting to get very excited about spring. I can't wait to go
mushroom hunting, and fishing. Spring has to be my favorite time of
the year. The woods come to life before your very eyes. All of the
trees start budding, and the flowers start blooming. Finally after
waiting through all of those cold months. It is time to go outside and
get some fresh air. Around the third week in April the mushrooms will
start to come up for everyone to find. Usually I like to start the mushroom season off in the southern part of the state. It seems like every year they start to come up in the southern part of the state, and then they make there way north. Around the same time the mushrooms come up you can bet that it is time to go fishing too.
The bluegills start bighting in the ponds, and the silver bass start to run up the creeks. There is no better day in the spring than one where a person can catch a mess of fish and a few pounds of mushrooms all in the same place and time. I remember the first time that I ever found a mushroom. I was about two years old. My family lived right next to some woods on the edge of town. I remember I walked into the woods just to play around. I was walking down this little trail when I seen my first mushroom. I did not know exactly what it was, but I picked it and started towards home. I went in the house to find my dad so I could ask him about my find. When I showed him the mushroom his face lit up like a lantern. He took me outside and wanted me to show him exactly where I had found the mushroom. I took him back to the exact spot on the forest floor where I had found that mushroom. There was a bunch more not too far away. We went back to the house and my dad grabbed a couple of grocery bags. We went back to that spot in the woods and starting putting all of them into the bag we could find. We looked around for an hour or so and then we headed home. Later that night I remember my mom cooking all of those mushrooms. I ate them until I got sick to my stomach. From then on I have always enjoyed the spring time, and one of my most favorite hobbies is to go mushroom hunting.