{"id":1295,"date":"2016-06-09T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/gone-fishing-gone-home\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:06:39","slug":"gone-fishing-gone-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1295","title":{"rendered":"Gone Fishing \u2013 Gone Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don\u2019t endorse too many places just because my experience may not be your experience, but for years we\u2019ve come to Marvel Family Trout Camp. And, sincerely, it is a little piece of heaven on earth, but that depends on what your \u201cheaven\u201d might look like. Like I said earlier, we call it the \u201cRed Neck Yacht Club\u201d. You\u2019ll see every kind of RV, camper, tent, 5th Wheel and Motor Home imaginable. When my Honey and I were looking for a place to take our oldest grandsons for a fun summer outing, we ran across this place. Needless to say, it was our little \u201chome away from home\u201d that was filled with so much fun, laughter, with making lots of memories. So much so, that we continue to want to make more. <\/p>\n

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The first time we came here to check it out, we had a conversion van and my Honey and I pulled into a space right on the Illinois River. We heard the water lapping against the rocks, saw all the potential of family fun (swimming pool, basketball, tether ball, outdoor theater, miniature golf, craft shop \u2013 but best of all FISH, fishing and fishing some more. That night it became our little oasis. Now, for 10 years, this has been the place where we recall memories after memories.<\/p>\n

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Night before last, the kids were making s\u2019mores, playing in the campfire, and laughing and having a grand old time. Larry, Staci and I went for a walk \u2013 passed by all those campsites and saw where other people made this their little oasis too. What I saw in Larry and Staci was they REALLY got away from it all. They had a therapeutic time of letting go of technology, business and all the routines they are so involved in on a daily basis. Here, it’s early rising to wake up to a new day of fishing, meeting other fishermen who exchange stories and tips for catching the \u201cbig ones\u201d. No make-up and dressed-to-the-nines needed here. It\u2019s sheer simplicity, maybe even wearing the same jeans two days in a row. LOL! Doesn\u2019t matter. No one judges us here.<\/p>\n

I loved it last night, after we had enjoyed our beer-battered trout and striped bass fish fry, we sat around and talked \u2013 no rush \u2013 no need to. It was family time. Staci asked the question of the kids. Tell us what you\u2019ll be looking for in a wife or husband someday. When she saw Payton looking at his cell phone, Staci said, \u201cPayton why are you looking at your cell phone when we\u2019re having family time?\u201d He said, \u201cI\u2019m telling you what I\u2019ll be looking for in a wife.\u201d Then he read what he had pulled up\u2026Proverbs 31 \u2013 the virtuous woman. Smart kid. Then it was Will\u2019s turn, and he said, \u201cI want a woman that really worships God with her hands lifted and not with T-Rex arms, and I want a woman who can clean fish.\u201d We laughed because Staci helped Larry clean a huge mess of fish today. Fun times. Great memories. Now in the record book!<\/p>\n

No, this place may not fit into your idea of an oasis, but for us, it holds memories that continue to mount up \u2013 even to the point we know Payton and Alexia will want to bring their kids back here some day! Are you taking time out to make memories with your little ones \u2013 so much so, they\u2019ll want a \u201crepeat\u201d with their kids. I promise you. It is worth it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t endorse too many places just because my experience may not be your experience, but for years we\u2019ve come to Marvel Family Trout Camp. And, sincerely, it is a little piece of heaven on earth, but that depends on what your \u201cheaven\u201d might look like. Like I said earlier, we call it the \u201cRed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8092,8093,5744,8094,8095,2551,5750,8096,8097,8098,8099,7755,2526],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-campter","tag-catch-the-big-one","tag-fishing","tag-grandsons","tag-home-away-from-home","tag-illinois-river","tag-making-memories","tag-marvel-family-trout-camp","tag-proverbs-31","tag-red-neck-yacht-club","tag-rv","tag-walk","tag-worth-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5282,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions\/5282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}