The weather forecast last night showed very little "W" (they got that right) and sunshine (they got that right and wrong). At least the smoke wasn't too bad.
Ready to launch, just a puff of a breeze (perfect) and quite sunny.
There's a stream that feeds into this part of the link to...
I remember (do I remember correctly?) you sharing a source for fresh spices other than what exists in the Columbia Basin (Safeway, Walmart, North 40....), but I can't find that rec.
In Ephrata, it was certainly LOUD and it kind of shook the house, it woke both of us up. My wife parted the bedroom blinds to see "something", I went outside to see if there was a fire at the local fuel distribution center or something else. Dogs were barking and it was smoky but that's been...
Back when I could chase chukar and huns along the breaks of the Snake River, one of my favorite parts of that early season hunt was sneaking into Brown's corn field and eating it raw. Talk about sweet (would have been better with butter and I completely agree with you about leaving divits in...
Sublime is a great word to describe Blue in Green (especially after the perhaps frenetic post directly above). Another cut, a live recording shared on this forum before, is recorded on the Kind of Blue album, one of those jazz greats so readily identifiable right from the first:
Both my wife and I "remember" things that likely didn't happen - in this case, I thought you'd posted a question about coffee prices and if they are increasing. (They are, significantly and I'm unfamiliar with Pacific Star and US Foods). I mostly buy green beans from Morecoffee.com. Since...
Like everything else these days, prices are increasing and you may well find this boot cheaper at someplace other than Adamsbuilt but these boots are the real thing. In years past, I've hiked my float tube in a mile plus wearing these (anymore, a long hike and my waders are in the backpack and...
Steve - As always, a wonderful report, thank you! The bit about the leech surprised me. I wet wade many local waters and I know there are leeches around but (so far, thankfully), I have become the host to one............ better you than me! ;-)