Tubing Silver Lake

We took off again after work and headed up to Silver lake. We had Bob and Bruce with us. Bruce and I have fished together for years, but in recent times haven't been able to get out, so it was nice to get out with him again. He hadn't been out much at all for a while, but hadn't lost his touch, he easily landed over 50 fish that evening and he stayed after we took off. We got on the water and started casting our lucky lures me with my DD and Parker with his Jakes. I changed over to the Black fury and got some takers. Bruce was running woolly buggers and slaying them making us wish we had our fly poles. Bob was running his Jakes and getting hits as well, it wasn't as good as the night before when we went (forgot the camera) but it was still nice. We seen deer, Osprey fishing and little ones jumping everywhere as well. Parker and Bob got cold and got out early and Bruce and I stayed on the water til dusk, could have stayed all night it was a great evening. We had a great time and it was great getting back on the water with Bruce.

Evening at the "Creek"

Parker and I hadn't been out in over a month due to circumstances we couldn't control. Itching to get out we took off after work and headed to DC. Got on the water about 5pm and started fishing caught our first within a few minutes a small rainbow just off the buoys. We fished until night fall. Seen am Osprey flying and fishing all evening it was a great sight. The evening went on and we caught a few more fish and the later it got the bigger the fish got by the end Parker landed a very nice Rainbow, 26 inches and great color to it. They were very tasty as well!

Full Moon Ride

My sweetheart and I went to Sundance for the evening and rode the chairlift to view the full moon at the top of Sundance. We got there a little early and went for a ride to burn time. When we got to the bottom we met up with our friend Dana, he is assistant mtn mngr at Sundance and has the greatest office! We visited for a bit had a hot coco and cookie and headed back up the lift in time to see the moon rising over Wallsburg ridge. It was a great evening! Will do it again this coming month, come and join us, we are thinking BBQ at the bottom before the ride.

The Bear Den

Wow hadn't realized it had been so long since I updated here. This report is about taking my dad to one of our very good friends escape areas. We started the trip with the ride to the property taking a couple hours half on dirt. We topped out at Cat Peak and then down to his ridge. We arrived and got things set up. Layne took care of us like kings! We had dinner out on his canyon overlook firepit, watched a couple vids and hit the bed. The next morning we had breakfast and spotted Elk on the other side of the canyon, one very nice Bull! We then went for a ride on the 4 wheelers around the north end of the property and seen some great views. Got back to home base had lunch and got a lesson in archery shooting, Layne tuning his bow for the hunt, he hit bulls eyes at 80 yards with wind. Dad had never seen anyone shoot a compound bow and was delighted with his accuracy. We had dinner and went out for an evening ride to the south end of the area and again the views were amazing we hit a spring and it was freezing. Did I mention this was late June. We settled in for another great sunset and a little shower to knock down any dust. Saturday morning we had biscuits and gravy, eggs and bacon, hung out for a few and then went for a ride to the East ridges and seen more animals, checked out more springs. Headed back to base and had a little lunch and then went to a secret viewing area where you could see the panoramic view the San Rafael Swell and many other canyons. Then we went to the top of Cat Peak and seen a 360 view of castle country including the books, uintahs, wasatch, and swell. All the time there we had little friends coming around and eating seeds, Layne had them eating out of his hands and dad was trying. Dad finally got them to come to him but I had left by then. He and Layne stayed on through Sunday evening. Layne almost couldn't get dad to leave. We had a blast! The country and solitude was refreshing and relaxing.