Adventures in Moving

Sam and Ashley have moved to Salt Lake from Venice. They found a house to rent right away and moved in this week. They tried to load everything up on the Volvo, giving it the appearance that someone referred to as "The Beverly Hillbillies". Instead they borrowed a truck from Julie's roommate and enlisted Riley's help to get up here last week. They are all moved in. Yesterday, Diane and I used the truck to pick up a sofa at RC Willey;s. As I drove into the driveway, I ran over a valve box for the sprinklers. It broke off one valve and the water began to spew. I held the broken valve down while everyone look for the turnoff valve for the sprinklers. We could not find that so Sam lifted the water meter cover and turned off the main water valve. In the meantime we found the turn off valve for the sprinklers and we began the chore of going to Home Depot and getting a new valve. By the time we got that put back together, I had missed my opportunity to go fish the Provo with Dick. I know, it's a very sad tale. But, I did fish the day before so it was not all that bad. We are getting ready for the cool weather. In fact, yesterday, I turned off the irrigation water and drained my sprinklers for the winter. Here it comes!

The Bighorn!

I drove to the airport in Billings, Montana and picked up MIke. He arrived on the same plane as my friends, Dick Hauch, George Dykos, Ron Hayashi, and Mike Leathers. We stopped by Cabelas and got our fishing licenses and then headed for Ft. Smith by way of Hardin Montana. We drove to our guest house at the Anglers Edge and met with Brad Downey, the owner. The next day our guides showed up and Mike and I went with Dave Colombo, a transplanted New Yorker. We put in at Three MIle and headed down the river. This was day one of our three days of fabulous fishing on the Bighorn for large Rainbows and Browns. After three days of what Mike called, "Fly Fishing Boot Camp" , we left for Yellowstone. Unfortunately, our plans to fish Slough Creek in the Park were thwarted by an early season snow storm that prevented us from hiking into the second meadow for more fishing. We will just have to go back another time for that one.