Summer is here and so is the excitement of camping and fishing for many young people today.
Many adults also look forward to this time of year, where they can take their children or grandchildren out into the wilderness and beautiful parks that we have to offer them.
For many young children, it may be the first time that they get to throw a fishing line into a stream or brook and experience the thrill of catching that first fish.
The thrill of feeling the fish nibbling on their line and the excitement and anticipation of waiting to reel it in.
I remember when my Dad took me out on my first fishing trip.
We went to the same brook that he went to when he was a kid.
Just being there with my Dad and bonding as father and son is an experience that I will never forget.
We caught quite a few fish that day and my Dad taught me to only keep the fish that were big enough to take home.
My Dad also took me and my two brothers camping every summer.
We would go up to Vermont for two weeks and enjoy the outdoors and everything that Mother Nature had to offer.
My Dad also gave me my first pocket knife.
It was a Buck Knife that I carried with me always.
I used it to clean the fish that we had caught, to cut my fishing line when it would get snagged on something or even just to whittle a piece of wood.
My Dad, he was "The Best".
So, enjoy this summer everyone and I hope that you can build memories that will last you a lifetime as I have done.