Sun River

Ahhh yes, another weekend of SwissfamilyColeman camping, although this time Kim and Neil joined us. The weather was sporadic, with some rain, some crazy wind, and it probably got down into the 30's during the evenings, but we had a lot of fun. The scenery was excellent and the fishing was great, although the fish were mostly dinks...but we caught a lot of them.

Below is documentation of my redneck fishing capabilities. A spin rod, and a needle nose pliers with some 5+ pound test. What else do you need?

Below, Neil and I are partying down around the campfire. Stockmann would be proud of me since I was the last man standing both nights. Jr. made sure that I was the first person up every morning.

Jr. wanted to get in on a little of the partying action too.

With the chilly weather, I thought it would be a great opportunity to bust out the dutch oven and see if I still had skills. Autumn added the flair.

Kim and Neil battled the wind with fly rods, but it paid off for them in the end when they got into a few dry fly hatches and caught a ton of fish.

A little morning joe down by the river...or Jr. prefers his mug filled with river rocks.

Ready for battle. Selma was not MVP of fishing

The scenery was fantastic!

I'm not really sure what to say about this photo. Men are from mars...

Philly's favorite, the camper shot.

Working and Scouting

Mike and I went up to Helmville area to do some site visits this past Sunday. We ran into this muley and a gaggle of bobcats, I counted at least 4 kitty's.

Clearwater Bassin'

Brian came over last weekend to go floating with Becky Evy and I on the Clearwater. The fishing was pretty good! Caught some nice bass like these and a couple mini's too.....

Brian called it a "teaching moment"

She didn't like the big 'uns though

Pioneer Mountains

So we headed to the Pioneers. We wanted to camp on the Big Hole Friday night, but got out of the car and the mosquitoes were so thick we headed to high ground in the Pioneers. Although there are a lot of RV'ers (I guess we now qualify as RV'ers), the Pioneers are awesome. We'll be back...

On the way to Coolidge Ghost town...

Smoked whitefish, cream cheese, cucumber on a wheat cracker...I brought enough food to bring 10 of us.

Nice views...on the way to Elkhorn Hot Springs. The hot springs were warm, but aesthetically, I'd rather go to others.

Signing the register for Coolidge ghost town. About 3/4 mile hike, and pretty neat.

The Wise River. Three bites, and one rainbow. It was a dink, but it was a fish!

Jr. found the axe.

The Lupine and Indian Paintbrush were in bloom