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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Miracle Mile

The weather and equipment were perfect. The fish didn't feel like cooperating. 

First night campsite. Notice, there are trees. Three alive and three dead. 

Moved for second & third night. 
More trees and shade. 
The river. 

That's Roger, harrassing the fish. 

Loved this hollow hulk of a long dead cottonwood. 

One last look. 
No fish worthy of photographing.

 We got our camp routine figured out and know better what we would like to have at a campsite. Like, potable water. Showers would be nice but not essential. We communed with nature without falling in the river; I'd rate that a success.  The raccoon cleaned all the years old cookies and trail mix out of Roger's vest, without ruining it. So I'd call that a good thing. We have the set up down to around 30 min and the pack up to about an hour

Now it's back to Denver to plan the next phase.

Weather was perfect. 

Stay warm. 

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