Sans sunlight

I have noticed that fishing guides have started wearing wraps around their faces to battle the constant UV rays hitting them from direct sunlight and reflected off the water. I bought one of these wraps and wore it fish

ing. I looked dumb, but it did work. As you can see from the picture, it might be an improvement in my looks because it hides my face.

Green River Fishing

This is the 5th year of my May trek to the Green River with my high school friends. This year it was only Dan Meeks and me. After calling several fly shops over there I was reassured that the Spring Flood would not occur during our visit. We floated the river Thursday and Friday, and then they started the flood. We decided to fish the upper Green river in Wyoming. We didn't catch a large number of fish, but the size made up for this and also I finally floated a new section of the river that contained class 3 rapids. This was very exiciting in a drift boat.

Emily is scuba certified!

This is older news, but in March during our trip to the Cayman Islands, Emily finished her open water scuba certification. She and her friend Mindi finished the course and did a great job. I am prould of Emily because she was scared to do several of the tests(like removing you mask when you are 60 feet down and putting it back on and clearing it) and etc..

Backpacking Trip

Emily and her friends spent part of the weekend in Breckenridge, Colorado so that left me alone with the kids. Because of the unusually warm weather I decided to take the kids backpacking. I wanted to get away from the crowds of people and the high mountains are still covered in snow, so I settled on Laramie Peak. I spent a lot of time hiking there 2 years ago during an elk hunt and enjoyed the topography and scenery. The drive took 40 miles of dirt road, so even though the hike in was short, it was still remote. We had a great, warm evening together and no bears bothered us(I saw 2 during my hunting trip in this area). Jecca was with us, but doesn't bark, so she would not scare off any bears. The next morning we enjoyed a hike down the canyon and caught many fish in the stream. We even found an old cabin that hadn't seen any use for 100 years. The kids enjoyed it and I think we'll do some more trips this summer.

Spring Adventures

I haven't written for a while. I have had an exciting Spring so far. Rock climbing in February at Joshua Tree, rock climbing in Zion National park in March, scuba diving in Grand Cayman in March, fly fishing with my dad on the Green River, fly fishing with friends on the North Platte, fly fishing the Big Horn River in Montana. Now that I write all this down, it does seem like quite a lot. It has been great now that I think about it. We have had a dry and warm Spring here in Wyoming and I have taken advantage of this. I will try and keep up on adventures from now on. (I know there is 3 pictures of me with fish, but they are all different rivers)