We took a trip to a beautiful canyon. The hike was a tough one for kids and anyone not accustomed to pushing their bodies hard. We decided to take this two day trip after the Yukon was hit by a horse trailer on the way to Canada, and the diesel Read more…
Yearly trips. We have a few. They morph and change over the years. All except one. We have been traveling to Northern Saskatchewan now since the year we were married . Erik started going years before that, even. This year our good friend Geoff, the Kiwi, joined us for the Read more…
This backpacking trip was a 9 mile trek from the truck to our base camp. We entered the wilderness Friday at 1pm. Besides Scout, Gordon (79 1/2) and Chad joined us. We were fortunate to have cool cloudy weather on the way in to this area. We hiked for 2 Read more…
We headed up to Dubois to go fly-fishing for big cutthroats. We took Gordon and Scout with us this trip. We got to the lake on Wednesday evening, in time to fish for a couple hours before dark. Erik got into several good fish when he first got into the Read more…
We wanted to get our folks out for a morning of fishing so Gordon and Mary joined us at 6:00 a.m. for the drive to Pathfinder. WOW are these fish growing fast! We landed several fish over 20″ with all being over 17″ and very fat. We fished again around Read more…
DAY 1: We are fishing this year with our good friends Randy and Dawn Larson, along with 3 of their kids (Josh, Jeremiah and Chance). We left Casper Saturday morning and arrived at Jan around Noon Sunday, May 30th. What a cold day!!! About an hour from our destination we Read more…
We made plans with the Larsons to take a trip to Fish Lake together. After Church Sunday the 28th, we loaded our final items in the camper and drove to PV to pick them up. By 2:00 we were on the road to Dubois. We made it to our camp Read more…
4 am is early! We picked Erik’s dad Gordon up at 4:30 and left Casper, bound for the Middle Fork of the Powder River near Kaycee. We arrived at our destination just in time for the sun to be high enough to keep us warm in the deep canyon. The Read more…
Deafening quiet, calm waters and pine- Breaking the silence by casting a line. See the pike in the shallows, eagles nest high above- Try to catch that large northern with streamer or buzz. Don’t anger the beaver, too close to his lodge- Fishing his waters trespassing you pause. Hear the Read more…
We left at around 4:30pm and headed for Boysen. It was calm and 60º in Casper when we left. When we arrived at the boat ramp there was a cool, stiff North wind, so we decided not to put the boat in until morning. Erik took his fly rod and Read more…