WORK & PLAY!

 The first day.of school again.

 Yep,  first one at school.

 Staff meeting in the gym

 At a social distance.

 Lunch with my co-worker of 20 + years,  Kathy forgot she had her shield on.

 The bees mark the transition between work and play.

 Social distancing along the stream 

 The fish did the same with my lure... Not even a follow

To the city for the urban experience 

Walking, talking 

 And Biking

Metamorphosis- it's about change.

Return to the Chaos!

This mural in the alley in Bellevue sums up the return to school

So, before the work starts its time for some fun

Dimentional brewery cellebrated the 50 year the anniversery tribute to 

 Wadena Rock Fest

An old goat like Mart's the best copilot for the job. 

 He didn't catch the Wadena show because he was in a wedding that day.

Busses and bugs

and other things

after DBQ it was time to head to Tabor winery to catch up with Joe & Vicky ...from a social distance.

These two old goats, Greg and Joe check out Joe's sprinter van.

   

This old goat munched on the mulberry from the top of Kyles jeep while I did a hive inspection.

 Here we go!

Float, Fish, Storm, Cave & Camp!

 

After a full weekend of working around the house it was time to hit the stream again before school starts up, next week.

Stream conditions were good.  The water was low and trout were pooled up in pockets. We could hear the thunder in the distance but with no cell service we had no idea just what we were in for.

As the rain started we took shelter under a large basswood tree that hung over the stream.  For the time we remained dry as the tree shed any rain.

After about 20 min. it was clear that we wern't going to stay dry so I decided to float down the line and check out the bluff.

I tied off my kayak and hiked up the bluff and found a cave to ride the rest of the storm out.

It wasn't easy but Steve manuvered the slippery mud, wet log and slope to get up into the cave.  We ended up hanging out for about 45 more minutes.

Wet and cold we continued to fish the upper end of the lake.  I paddled ahead and put the alternator belt back on the bus.  We put warm, dry cloth on and I set Steve up with his favorite hat. 

Breakfast for supper over a fire 

 After a night of cards and story telling it was time to turn in.

Tusesday - not too bad.

 Less than a week after going north to the bluffton area, Marty and I hit a local stream to test his new spinning reel.

 I caught a couple brown trout and about ten rainbows.

 a dozen fish to hand and several more that shook off .

 Susie made a few watch dogs to place around town for kids to find, they glow in the dark too.

 In the yard I found this small fox snake

 and this brown snake too.

Looks like we'er having BLT's tonight.

A Trip To The Upper Iowa River

 Overlooking the Mississippi river at Guttenburg

 One of many springs which feed into the Upper Iowa river

 Marty and put in at cattle crossing road and ran the river to our campsite at Ranndy's

Which made it an 18 mile run.  not bad for not getting on the river until after 1:00 pm.

 Marty working a shore line for smallies

 Chimney rock and a mile stretch of other palicades line this section of the upper iowa river

about 4 1/2 miles from where we put in.

We fished all after noon and the only fish caught was a 3" small mouth. 

Not a bad campsite view.