Sunny Skies, Orange Fish

Check out Michele's Red Snapper.  It's going to taste as good as it looks, along with the crab we caught last night.  After a night at Lagoon Cove we spent two nights anchored in coves too cool to describe.  Since the internet is so slow up here I will post a slide show when we get home.  We are at Sullivan's Bay tonight and will start the slow trip south tomorrow.  Rain is in the forecast so we restocked the whiskey today.  Too much fun. Stay tuned.

Slower than dialup at Blind Channel

Here is the deal.  I've just spent the last hour and a half trying to upload 13 photos and it's just not right to be this frustrated on vacation.  But then again, it's incredible that we are miles from any road and we still have cell service and wifi (snail-fi).

We left Comox early headed for Desolation Sound,  passing the town of Lund which is the starting point of Hwy 1 and the last road we will see for a while.  We anchored in Tenodos Bay and caught the first fish, a spiny rockfish about 10 inches long.  We gathered a bucket full of oysters the next morning, pulled anchor and headed for Refuge Cove and a big hamburger for lunch.  Funny thing, the Health department shut down the grill so we settled for ham and turkey sandwiches in the boat. (saved a few $$).  The next destination was Teakerne Arm and we anchored for the evening at Talbot Cove.  It was Trudy's Birthday so we all got drunk and went skinny dipping, just kidding of course.  Michele cooked a great dinner and we had birthday cake for dessert.

Today was a fun day, rain and all, because we took a few photos of a whale, ran three rapids and stopped for just a few minutes and caught a 10 lb Ling Cod for dinner.  I was behind the wheel when we passed through a swirl and the boat pitched sideways, dumping Trudy's cake on the floor.  We saved the upside down cake and slipped into Blind Channel for the evening.  Hot Showers, clean laundry, a fish dinner to die for and more ice to get us through to Lagoon Cove, which is the beginning of the Broughton Islands.

Stay tuned

Made it to British Columbia

Michele and I finally made it to Canada.  On Saturday morning we cranked up the motor on Mike and Trudy's boat ( HopScotch)

Saturday included checking in customs at Bedwell Marinia and anchoring for the night at Port Browning.
Sunday morning we motored north heading towards Desolation Sound.  It was fun going through Dodd Narrows and watching seals, harbor porpoises and bald eagles.

 We anchored at Port Browning and indulged in steaks for dinner.  Tonight we are spending the night at Schooner Cove Marina and we will have a 5 hr. cruise tomorrow ending up at the local shoe store in  Comox where Trudy will shop her heart out.  No fishing, crabbing or clamming yet.  Stay tuned.

Good day on the Lake

We finally had a good day, no rain, no snow or wind so we hit the lake about 9:00am.  We found a ton of fish in the shallows and they were hot and ready for a fight.  As you can see by the photos, I think we won this trip.  The lake was like glass most of the morning and we boated about 25 bass so we kept a few for the pan.

On another note, this evening we took a short ride up R-Line and we spotted five deer and two bucks.  It looks like the deer have started to migrate into the Almanor basin but with all the feed at lower elevations I don't expect the main herd to show up until mid July.  Our trip to Canada next month will put a dent in the scouting but over the last few years I really think that scouting all summer is really a waste of time because everything changes after opening day.  Happy Fathers Day.

Warning: This post contains graphic bambi photos. Why we call it wildlife.

I ran across these photos tonight and thought I would share will all those people that think coyotes just eat mice, gofers and grasshoppers.  You won't see the last photo on any PITA ad.

Check this guy out. Where did he come from?

This is my hobby blog, but LTC Allen West got my attention this morning. Please take a minute and watch the following videos. Thanks Dawn for bringing my attention to Allen West.  Keep your eye on this guy.









Where is his teleprompter?  I like this guy.

101st Airborne Delivers Game Ball From Above

Brandon is headed home from Afghanistan and just posted on Facebook that he is at Leipzig/Halle Airport  in Germany.  Kristen is if Kentucky and will meet him when he arrives tomorrow.  As you know he is part of the 101st Airborne stationed at Fort Campbell.  I just received an email with a video you might find interesting.  

Delivering game balls to the official before a football game isn’t normally a big deal. Oh, maybe some famous former player will get to come and wave to the crowd before he hands the ball to the head ref, but it doesn’t often get creative.

Except, that is, during last weekend’s intrastate showdown between Michigan and Michigan State in Ann Arbor. For that, UM officials decided to look to the skies.

That’s how, after a year in the planning stages, Sgt. Adam Sniffen of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, jumped from a Cessna several thousand feet above Michigan Stadium and parachuted into the largest football stadium in the country. Aside from the football and an American flag, Sniffen was also sporting a head-mounted videocam that contained a tongue switch in his mouth that would take still photos. More importantly, it recorded every nuance and maneuver that went into making such an insane leap.

Most fascinating perhaps is the tipping point where you can actually start to hear 109,933 crazed fansscreaming as this expert paratrooper — who hasn’t missed a target in more than 800 career jumps — comes in and sticks the landing at the 3-yard-line.