I'm Baaaaaccckk!

Chris and I had a good time together last week camping in the McCloud CA area (@ Fowler Campground). He arrived late Sunday and left late Thursday. I had been worried about the weather but it was perfect while he was there. Stiffling hot the week before and rained each day after he left (until I got fed up with it and returned home Saturday, 2 days early). Fishing wasn't the best but it wasn't too bad. Chris caught quite a few more than I did and caught the biggest (pic above). I claimed one record ... catching the smallest. (That's all good with me!)

We also played rummy (he's the champ this time around, handily winning 2 of 3 games), took in some sights, BBQ'd steaks one night (with baked beans & potato baked in foil on the coals), cooked hot sausages over the fire pit another night, and Chris roasted marshmallows for smores. Saw some wildlife, including mule deer all over the place and even a bear. We made some new memories and had a good time together.

Next 'adventures' for me will be a camping trip or two with my sweetheart and one with my other son, Matt, in mid-September. Looking forward to it all!

Got Better Things To Do For A While!

No more blogging for two or three weeks while I'm away on a camping/fishing trip. (Check my previous blog for the what, where, who of it.) I'll be Tweeting however. :-)

P.S. I miss you Sweetheart!

Where I'll Be Tomorrow

The Fly Shop in Redding has this pic on their website of someone fly fishing the Upper Sacramento River. HA! This could be me tomorrow. I'm hoping to get the trailer set up in a campground early enough to do some late-afternoon fishing and then I'll have a couple of weeks to do more of it. Looking forward to it. Not looking forward to being away from my wife. Will miss her a lot ... although these trips do have their compensations. ;-)

Galesville Reservoir (OR) Fishing Trip 02/07/09

This is Galesville Reservoir where I spent Saturday doing what a lot of us retirees love doing. Fly fishing is the type of fishing I enjoy the most and I was using my 8' Outcast pontoon boat this time. Caught a good number of landlocked coho salmon which I've never caught before. Sweet relaxing day. At least until the wind started churning up whitecaps. Naturally I was at the downwind end of the reservoir so paddling back to the boat ramp was a challenge. But it was a beautiful day in a beautiful place. A good day of fishing ... and catching!