Father Water, Mother Woods

Recently I finished this book by Gary Paulsen, Father Water, Mother Woods. The book is a collection of essays on his time in the North Woods fishing, hunting and camping. The fishing portion is the longest, and I found myself getting hungry while reading it. He describes in detail how they would prepare the fish after catching it, and all the foods they would have with it: trout covered in cornmeal with watermelon for dessert, fresh salmon slowly roasted over an open fire. I want Clara and I to be able to make something good out of something we catch, and we can practice that before we go on the trip.

I am not so sure exactly how much stuff we will actually end up bringing, but I know that it would be really nice to fish for at least some of our food. Yesterday I researched how to get your fishing license in New York, and how much it costs. For an annual pass it is $25, which is not much. A four-day pass is something like $5, so it makes sense to get an annual one. You can get them at sporting goods stores, town clerks, and whatnot. That will be a deadline for a later date.