…continued from part 2: Sunday was only the day between the days that I’d be fishing. Saturday was set aside for salmon. Monday would be time for more gentlemanly and sporting fly fishing; dad’s first experience of fly fishing, ever, and my first visit to the Yakima River. The plan called for hooking up with [...]
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big lake, up high, big fish: part one
It’s still hard to decide if I just got it right or if it was the trout throwing me a bone. Crazy fishing. The morning of June 19th marked the start of my inaugural trip to volcano country in the northeastern corner of California. A driving time of 5 hours and 30 minutes would bring [...]
manly fishing and food
By now you know that the Older Son and I are likely having a heck of a time. We’re headquartered at the cabin, fishing a few rivers and small streams for trout. Maybe even tainting our lines to chase bluegill and bass in a nearby pond. During the fishing there will be manly bonding that [...]
tasty salted pig parts
For The Wife, who loves bacon, apparently almost as much as wine: Hmmmm…maybe The Swinery‘s worth a visit during our next visit to Seattle?
countdown to turkey
T-minus 28 hours and 26 minutes… The nice older couple who housed us and bought us underwear for Christmas are in town, doing well enough after 21 days on the road to Texas and back. RSVPs have been made; food’s piling up; table space measured. Feels a bit like June 5, 1944. Instead of tanks, [...]
