The Direct TV technicians showed up this morning to get our TV up and running again. We had an early morning appointment set up but the tech called last night to let us know he had a mandatory meeting to attend and would be arriving at our place around nine. Hey, works for us, we don't have to get up at the crack of dawn now. He arrived right on time and had our TV picture back in no time. We still don't know what the problem was but its fixed and thats all that matters.
Before getting into what we did today I want to send a "Happy Birthday" out to Elaine. She is one of our daily readers and more importantly a good friend from back home. Hope you have a great day!
So today we packed up a cooler and headed to Meramec Springs Park. Its about a half hour drive from Stanton so we were there before we knew it.
We would be hard pressed to tell you the biggest draw for this park. The trout fishing is outstanding, the spring pool is something to see and history of the park is certainly interesting.
There are paved walkways all around the waterways so it makes for a pleasant stroll through this park.
What first hit us was the crystal clear water! In this picture you are looking into a section of waterway that we estimate to be about three feet deep, if not more!
Can you see the fish in this one? (deeper water)
Fisherman we passed on our way through the park to the spring pool.
This young man wasn't having much luck when we talked with him. It must be frustrating to SEE the fish swim right past your bait and hook.
This one put a lot more work into catching his fish.
....and this one was very happy with his day's catch!
Maramec Spring Park is home to one of four trout parks in the state of Missouri. Maramec Spring Hatchery produces about 100,000 trout a year and all are stocked in Maramec Spring Park. Trout are received as 3 inch fingerlings from Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery. The trout are fed three times a day and will grow 3/4 to 1 inch a month. The fish are reared in a raceway fed by the water from Maramec Spring. The fish are stocked at a rate of 2.25 fish per tag sold and are at least 12 inches in length. An additional 40,000 trout are hauled in from Montauk Hatchery each year to be stocked in the park.
Here are a few pictures of the trout living in their raceway, a pool that is about six feet across and about forty to fifty feet long.
Wouldn't you just love to have a fishing pole in hand here? I know Bob would!
This is what we passed on our way to the spring pool. Look how blue the water is.
We passed this pretty water fall under a bridge.
A closer look.
We finally made our way to the spring pool. Meramec Spring is an exceptionally beautiful spring and produces an average of 96,000,000 gallons of water per day. When we came around the bend and saw the spring pool for the first time we were just in awe. Absolute awe! We didn't expect to see water this color or be able to see so far down into this clear pool and see the bigger trout.
Here's where the big fish hang out!
Here's one that is ready to give birth.
After getting our fill of looking at the trout and making plans to come back next week with poles and bait we took a ride through the park in the truck. We came to this one overlook and captured a picture of the fishermen below.
We'll be back next week!
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