this time of the year the big lake trout are cruising the shore and getting ready to spawn. its fun catching them on flies or lures. casting toward shore or jigging down deep when they are schooled up. i like McDonald lake in glacier national park for the fishing as well as the scenery. a [...]

this is the weekend i pick to close up my cabin on the middle fork of the flathead next to glacier national park. i get to winterize it yet still leave it usuable for skiing into in the winter months.  this also is about the last week for the cutthroat trout to be that high [...]

this is the time of the year i look like a real redneck hillbilly. i put some old rotten plywood on the sides of the bed of my pickup truck and cruise thru the downtown alleys getting bags of leaves which go into my garden. usually i fill it so high up i have trouble [...]

got first real frost and got to finish up the garden and start to winterize all the equipment. i do like this time of the year as the trees turn and the chill forces you to wear a warm shirt outside.

finally broke down and got a new pool table for the basement pool table room. its an olhaussen nine footer with brunswick centennial cloth and the same in balls. thats my favorite. i still stink at the game but maybe i can get just a little better. its fun anyway to be able to just [...]

went up to nelson b.c. in canada for my annual trip to the place. it is one of the most beutiful spots on earth and also has a thriving hippy college community.  good food and outdoors things to do. in town you have to hold your breath to keep from getting stoned while walking down [...]