Friday and Saturday: Time to get after it!

Linda, Patti and I ran some errands to prep for Friday nights meeting with the bank.

Then much to my surprise my Beau showed. up at camp 

With his fishing pole.

It wasn't long before he caught several rainbow trout

The Greeley Community club

Hanging with crew from the bank

The Dream Team

Namaste!

Stop wishin, Go fishin!

a moment of calm

Wow! It's happening

Thanks Mike!

That's a tator planting crew if I've ever seen one

Sweet

Hangin with Walter

Time to celebrate

Time to relax

Smores :)

 

DATE LINE: The Calm Before the Storm - Solo Camp

Believe it or not, this was my first solo camp. 

It was great to kick back and work on puzzles

Camp is made and I've got the area all to myself

time to grab the fly rod and catch a trout

I've got four nice fishing holes all to myself

pretty peaceful

Pheasant for supper.  You know why I use this pan?  It's important to have a square meal each and every day

I haven't seen hide nor hair of my neighbors and their dogs.

and I don't want to

Welp, I made it through the night with no date line worthy incidents 

Breakfast dishes are done and it's time for some early morning fishing

Wow, a 14"+ Brown

 

Lets Go To Greeley.

Hello Pete

I've got a truck load of projects:

Build a compost bin.

Put up a sign post

&

Six barrels of wood mulch

Then down to elk creek to wet a line

Oooh yeh

I hit the timber to look for some shrooms

Here's a white trillium 

Some  madenhair ferns   

I found the perfect camp for Bo....in a cave up in the hills.

and a skull for the sign post 

 

Time for the Big Guns

What a beautiful Sunday.  I thought I'd mow the lawn quick before Beau an Anabel came down for some mushroom hunting.  Another first for Anabel!

Under the old apple tree.

Beau and I have been looking for weeks out at the park 

She found some in the Wi;d

speaking of wild

another nice patch.

Susie made a tasty asparagus strata to go with the mushrooms

We did a batch with butter and another with panko crumbs and rosemary  

Some lovely flowers for the road.

Thanks for coming down river!

 

All In A Days Work

I started out with a hike

Signs say yes  but my hike said no

You'd think I could at least catch a fish

Real fishermen, like Anabel know what it takes to  catch a fish

Well, I did get pallets for the Greeley Garden compost bin and a few more raised beds

I love you so mulch....

The blue berries look great

And in honor of the passing of Peral Fryar, Susie got the electric trimmer out.

Team work makes the dream work.

 

Time to pull the taps on the 2026 sugar season

Captain Rich got us into the fish right away

And in no time at all. Beau limited out in just fifteen minutes and with this fish he got his personals best....34"  &   20.5 lbs. 

Time to sit back an watch

I caught a first for me, a  lake or rock sturgeon, anther species of prehistoric fish.

My personal best fish was 35 lbs.

I also caught a small paddle fish to conclude another great day of fishing on the Mississippi.

A quick stop down to the JCI shop and a few layers of paint

a little golf while the paint dried

Early start down in the Sugar Shack Sunday morning.

I had maple venison with a fried egg and american cheese on a Japanese salt bun 

Beau an Anabel came back down river to clear coat the JCI truck 

Susie and Nazhoni came down too with a few treats for me and to enjoy some tasty coco.

It's always so nice to have a few helpers down in the sugar bush and even better when it's family!

It's close to being done as the twilight sets in.

So it's time to shut things down for the night 

And finish up this batch 

and the 2026 sugar season