Saturday morning I went up to the local’s favorite back country lake to find 30 MPH wind and driving rain; not exactly ideal conditions for kayak fishing. The road up to the lake had just been cleared and no doubt the trout were hungry, but it was too knarly for a launch. Headed back into … Read more
The weather here in the Pacific NW has been typical of springtime in this part of the country; nearly eighty degrees one week and barely fifty the next. There is less and less rain, which is a sure sign that summer is just around the corner. Along with the last of the spring rains comes … Read more
The past Saturday was the Washington State trout season opening day, but the 15-30 MPH wind kept us off the lakes until Sunday, which was clear and sunny, but pretty cold for this time of year. The 50F air and 45F water temperature put a bit of a chill on the fishing, but I did … Read more
The excitement is building for the trout season opener tomorrow. Weather should be partly sunny and in the mid fifties. Wind will be light in the morning and pick up later in the day so it’s a dawn patrol for sure. Scoped out the kayak launch sites yesterday afternoon, saw lots of birds diving on … Read more
Sunday was a beautiful spring day; a perfect day to kick off the 2009 fishing season. Did the usual scramble to get all the gear together and made sure the kayak was still seaworthy. Sweet dreams of a new fishing season. Even though it would be 75F later in the day, at 5:00 AM I … Read more
Springtime at Meadows
Howdy everyone-The photos from the Cherry Blossom Classic are up on the website. Hope they get you stoked to go out riding. Cherry Blossom Classic Photos
A great weekend for springtime sports action here in the Pacific NW. One last winter snow day and spring arrives all in the same day. Saturday was the last big winter day at Mt. Hood Meadows for snowboarding; it will be spring conditions from here on in. The freeze-thaw spring conditions were in full effect. … Read more
Still working on buffing out this blog software, setting up a virtual server is taking a little more effort than I figured. The weather is cold and rainy so I’ve got a day or two to work on it some more. Looking forward to this weekend. It’s been snowing heavily at Mt. Hood Meadows, the … Read more
Hello again everyone-Just got the blog online yesterday so not much is happening. Since I don’t have internet access out in the boonies where I live, I have to set up a local server on my workstation so I can proceed with the blogwork.I have some new themes I need to check out and I … Read more