Beyond mountains, more mountains…

Had a great long afternoon at a perfect swimming hole on Fall Creek… We were about to leave, but saw a few trout, so fished for an hour or so. Caught one nice native rainbow. Caught a nice Ninkasi IPA too…

Wyatt enjoys the front pasture full of grass, and huge trees…

This was a great restaurant, took about 20 minutes to climb the trail up the cliff, overlooking the South China Sea.

The dogs have been excited that their big-big-big brother, Wyatt Burp, is at the homestead, maybe a little too excited… This morning they were ready and waiting to go for a walk with Wyatt. They were all ears, and liked the sound of the word Burp

My soul bro Wyatt Burp checks out his new home and snorts a hello to the neighbors’ horses… So I set up a small 20×20 run off his stall on the side of the barn with an electric fence. While Wyatt was smart enough to stay away from it after one shock, I’ve taken three good zaps now, one while holding on to the metal gate… I’m happy he’s there though, and I’m sure this will be a much better place for him. Dogs are excited to have him around too. Of course, when Boom was trying to give Wyatt kisses, he caught a shock on the tail, and went yelping away. Baba had it the worst though, she took a Wyatt love-tap to the head. She’ll know now to stay away from the business end of a horse. ~

Here’s a phone pic of the swimming hole at the new place, only a couple hundred yards from the front door… Sitting on a folding chair, my feet in the river, the dogs aren’t the only ones loving it.

Drift Boat Fishing for Smallies on the Umpqua River

My friend Phil was visiting from Phoenix, and we decided to take a drift boat trip on the Umpqua River with a guide from the Big K Ranch. We easily caught 100 smallmouth bass between the two of us. It was fun, but all the fish were pretty darn small.

Trout Fishing on the McKenzie River

Took a trip to the coast last Saturday, dogs had fun playing on the beach. Drove down to Elkton, scouted out some fishing spots on the Umpqua River, then kept going to Dean Creek Elk Viewing, over to Winchester Bay, north to Dunes (where photo was taken) and then back to Eugene from Florence. Very nice daytrip, beauty weather…