Bass Pro and their Wonders of Wildlife Museum hosted this years National Hunting & Fishing Day festivities. Their parking lot was full of so many things to do and the best part it was mostly free. So we stopped on in and started with the Daisy air rifle range where the girls got to actually fire pellet rifles. They thought it was so awesome to fire real rifles...sort of real anyway.
We got to do the same thing in this paintball rifle range as well.
There was plenty of furs and stuffed wild game and the girls really seemed to enjoy it all.
Between the big raccoon and the interactive fishing pond, the girls had no trouble staying busy.
However, the coolest thing happened when this guy who turned out to be Mike Webb, a professional fisherman, came up to Kristy and I and asked if the girls could be in a filming for a promotion for an upcoming fishing show called K.A.S.T. (Kids Are Special To) to begin airing in January.
The girls were very excited about the opportunity to be on TV so we gave consent.
Molly and Neleha are just natural born stars. They followed directions, smiled the entire time, and really had fun. They never once paid any attention to the swarming camera guys hovering around them.
After the filming Mike gave the girls his official sponsor, "Nitro Boats", hats. They thought that was a pretty good deal.
Meeting Mike may have been the highlight of the day for me but for Molly it was meeting Rachel Phelps. Rachel hosts her own fishing show on the Outdoor Channel and actually got the job by winning the annual Outdoor Channel's "Host Your Own Fishing Show" contest. She was here promoting this years contest. Kristy and Molly encouraged me to take a chance on the contest, so I did. I simply had to do a little audition and talk about my experiences fishing. It was fun but don't expect to see me on any fishing show anytime soon.
A fun day indeed. Learn more about Springfield's 2006 National Hunting & Fishing Day
