Reflections on 30

Yeah, I just turned 30. So far so good. You would be amazed at how much 30 feels just like 29 plus a hangover.

Who woulda thunk it?

Congrats to Philly and Becky!

Congrats to Angela and Brian!

Cheers to WEDDINGFEST 2008!

Engagements?

For those of you that didn't know, two couples you know got engaged this weekend. We're one of them. Ours was on the Blackfoot on Sunday. This occured right after not being allowed to keep a big ol' brown trout and losing the dog in Thibadou. She's bony (Thibadou that is... not Angela)

Winna Winna Chicken Dinna!

Not a brian shot, but dead all the same. It's kinda fun chasing around a grouse with an arrow stuck through it.

Just thought Ya'll might want to check this place out on your travels south. Ponderosa Sports. Or you can check them out at www.ponderosasports.com Enjoy!!!



Right Wing Specials-With an Attitude!
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The Grand

It's almost time for the first lottery that may grant us a chance to float the Grand. This is the NPS web page for river trips down the Grand. The lottery will take place at the end of October. They will be accepting applications from October 1st through October 21st. What everyone needs to do is go here and create a profile. Come October you can login, pick a date and cross your fingers. Any questions.....call Ed! 

EGGS!

Bacon Me Crazy!

Bacon, Bacon, Bacon.

























Every day we talk about bacon, think about bacon, and e-mail about bacon. Pre-cooking bacon, bacon cooking techniques, bacon bombs, how I hate the smell of cooking bacon in my house, bacon scented air freshners for Walt's car. . . .

"Thank God For Bacon", sent to me completely out of the blue. Thanks to Jess for this nugget of joy.

Oh yeah....wet feet

Again....damn doe ran across the river.
Stockmann with a brain shot on a grouse.

 

Here I sit munching away on perhaps the finest food ever designed by Mother Nature....the breakfast burrito. I realized that not everyone might be privy to the same info as I so I, in an act of total selflessness decide to share the secrets. Secrets, you say? Natural food, you wonder? I know, you might be incredulous...how could a combination of foods, put together by a person be considered "designed by mother nature" I will concede that, yes, "designed" by other nature might be a bit of a stretch. But no more so than cloning a few of the basic molecules of DNA and making a sheep. Still natural, still a miracle of nature. And I come full circle back to the burrito.
The beauty of the burrito is in the PRE preparation. No hastily thrown together combinations of breakfast food cooked by a rotted piece of river trash...no no. When the burrito is PRE made, the congelaturbation of flavors is.....well let’s just say....omyfuckinggod.
What you do is cook up a batch of eggs (I prefer egg beaters for a clean conscience), breakfast meat (no poaching bacon, Ed) and tater tots or tater patties. Yes, I realize this is seems like a lot of work, but here is secret number two for the breakfast burrito: Quantity. Yep, if'n you make one, you might as well make half a dozen...doesn't substantially increase the amount of prep time. to put it another way, it's sorta like when you go backpacking or camping...you need the same amount of stuff for one night as you do three or four. And I digress...
Back to the burrito. While all of the aforementioned ingredients were cooking, you should have been slicing cheese. No need to pre melt or cook into eggs....that comes later. When everything is done, you begin layering the ingredients into the tortilla and then CAREFULLY fold. I prefer to use foil to assist in the folding since the tortilla is not prewarmed and susceptible to cracking. At this point, when the burritos are laying on the counter like little foil cocoons just waiting to metorphose into pure culinary bliss, you have an important decision to make. Freezer or refrigerator. I’m afraid I can’t help you much other than to say this: frozen eggs reconstitute well either in microwave or oven. A minute or two in the microwave is al that is needed to wake this little gem from its cryofreeze and cure whatever ails you...except for maybe Ed’s cheap-beer-after-a-round-of-golf guts. And for that extra special treat if you have the time…pop that beauty in the oven and bake for half an hour or so….crispy delish!!!! Enjoy

Tough Hunting

It was a hot one but there was plenty of action in the woods. I had a few close encounters with the whitetails, and had a small four point buck jump completely out of the way of my arrow. Hefe missed a doe and had an arrow fall off his rest when a coyote stopped broad side at 15 yards. Mikey missed a coyote at 50 yards, shot between a fawns legs, and...........well,he'll have to tell you the rest of that story. Oh yeah, he shanked this grouse too!

 

It's on

The 3rd annual Island Drive Open was graced with foggy heads and clear skies.


Zach brought the Black Beauty all the way from the Keystone State, and paddles it with something between pride and stubborness. We measure a trip by how fast or slow she takes on water. The marine caulk on every rivet held for most of the day.....so it was a good day.

Deja damn doe ran across the river