Metcalf Bottoms || Saturday, June 23, 2007

Tonight was our church's trip to Metcalf Bottoms--on of our all-time favorite hangouts. If you're unfamiliar with Metcalf, go to the Townsend Wye and hang a left. It's about halfway to Elkmont and is a picnic area alongside Little River. We usually go with a net and a waterscope (plastic bottle with the bottom cut out and saran wrap rubberbanded around it) to search for crawdads and salamanders. We caught several crawdads, and as usual Myers was a water dog. As I was carrying him across the river, though, I fell while holding him and sprained my thumb right good trying to support all of my weight on, well, one thumb. Not to be outdone, Jodie also took an involuntary dip in Little River. Once again, Myers caught a crawdad with his bare hands.