Duck Valley, NV

I really monopolized what we did last weekend, that is for sure. On Saturday Willy and I attended a 6 hour fly fishing class at Cabela's. The first 3 hours where in a class room and the instructor went over the equipment, fly types and where to look for fish. He recommended as a general rule to start with water. :) After lunch, we went to a grassy field where we practiced casting. The instructors were so good that they could hit each other in the butt almost 40 feet away! Willy is a natural (of course) and I think he was glad that he went.

Willy's friend from work, Bill, hunted us down at Cabela's and invited us to go fishing with him at the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada on Sunday. We said, "what the heck and why not" and before we knew it, it was 3:30am and by 4am we were on our way to pick up Bill who was waiting patiently in his driveway. We arrived at the lake at about 6:30am! The fishing was quite at first but then the guys started catching lots of fish. I mainly stayed with my fly rod because I wanted to practice a lot with it. 3 hours later, I finally got my first bite and I was so surprised that I basically dropped my rod! You'll always remember the ones that got away!

Willy and Bill manned the 5 normal rods and Willy really impressed me because he was able to bring in a lot of fish. One of the rainbow trouts that he landed was 22 inches long and just under 4lbs! Clayton, the Indian guy checking the licenses said that that was the biggest fish caught on the whole lake that day!




We came home with 10 wild rainbow trout. What we don't eat, we are going to have smoked. They are so pretty and pink inside! Thanks again for everything Bill!

Mom in Boise part deux

Well my mom is safe and sound back in Florida. Marisa did a little fly fishing down at the Boise River. Then we went up to Idaho City and past Lucky Peak. We also drove to Arrow Rock Dam, which was cool, but the girls were ready to go home so we didn't stay long. huh... women! We stopped on the way to Idaho City because in the hills on the side of the road were a pack of horses frolicking about. Check out the videos. We all had a good time and were glad she had fun!









We also went to the Winery at Eagle Knoll and saw a bluegrass band called the Buckhorn Mountain Boys. They were really good. Nice place. Lot's of Yuppies...









The Arrow Rock Damn:

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrr, it's freeeeezing here!!"

Well,

My mom is here and she is cold, who would have guessed it? She likes to wear Marisa's ski jacket in the house. It isn't cold...check the weather to the right>>>
She did bring the first snow in a month with her! It snowed the morning after she arrived! We just got back from Bogus Basin. We had some cocoa at the upper lodge and watched people ski. Mom couldn't believe the change from sunny Boise to snowing mountains at Bogus. Pretty cool.

She is Ally approved also...

More to come.

Leigh is Coming to Town!

Hopefully everyone can expect good pictures from Leigh as she comes to visit us this week. Oh, we have such plans for her!