Climbin' a hill!

Today I decided to climb up to a high spot for lunch and I picked a hill I had never climbed before. As you can see it was a nice day, not too warm as I had to keep my sweatshirt on even going up the steep spots. Never saw another person all day which was nice, but then I always say that, don't I? I have had my eye on this pointy hill for some time and today just seemed like the right day to climb up it. I had my mind on Karen the whole time, but again, that's been normal for me, hasn't it?


Honey Lake is dry this year and unless we start getting some wet stuff it might stay that way again next year. I guess I really don't care, by spring I will be living in Idaho and the cold and spiders will be my worst problems.

I had a roast going in my crockpot today so my house really smelled good when I got home early this afternoon, ya gotta love that way of fixing dinner! I do!!!!

Cool but not cold!

It wasn't exactly comfortable today but it was a good day for a long walk. I walked about 2½ miles up the Bizz and then climbed up onto the rimrock just for something to do. I sat for a minute on my ledge where Karen and I had lunch not too long ago. It was a little sad and I was a little lonely so I walked down the edge of the rock and took this picture looking back down where I had come from. I ended up finding another spot in the sun that gave me a nice view and sat there listening to music for a while. I am really missing Karen today and my walk just reminded me of her even more. Oh well, I guess I need to get used to it. Until I can find a place in Idaho Falls to move to this is as good as it's going to get.

There weren't many people out today and it was a pretty nice day albeit a little cool.

Karen leaves... again!

I'm getting real sick of this but I guess I'll just have to deal with it. I hate it when she leaves but I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I spent with her. We tried to spend some time in the sun and I took her to some of the spots I know like the petroglyphs at Belfast and my bench up on the hill.


Thanksgiving was a nice thing too this year, we all got together in Redding and had a family reunion. Karen got to meet all of them in one place, which might have been a little overwhelming for anyone else. Poor girl handled it well!



By the way, the date on this is not right, it's November 30 today.

Campfires...

Sittin' with the lady I want to be with by a campfire, what more can you ask for, huh? Karen and I made a trip to her property in Greenville and had lunch sitting by the fire. You needed a fire to keep warm since it was quite cold there and another thing, the gas prices in Greenville were $.48 cheaper than in Susanville. Gas there was $2.09 which was a real bargain compared to the price fixing situation in my town. I thought price fixing was illegal! OK, I'm off on a tangent, enough ranting for now.

So I've been hanging out with the lady I love and going for walks and just being with her before she has to head back to Idaho. I have to tell you, I'm not looking forward to that! But I have to stay in the moment I guess, so for now it it's all good! We are going down to Redding in a few days for Thanksgiving so she will be able to meet my family then, in fact all of them all in one fell swoop. Life is good! (For now!)

Walkin' and Talkin'

What could be better? Walking in the woods with a pretty lady and sitting in the sun on a rock is a great thing to do. We went out to the Dodge Mine area and had a nice walk and some good conversation. This is the good life! As you can see it was nice and warm and comfortable. Ya gotta love it... and I do, both the good times and the lady!

Enjoying Karen's visit!

The last couple of days I have been enjoying the company of the lady I am getting very attached to. I guess I could word that a little differently but I won't just yet. Anyway, we haven't been doing anything too special, just spending time together and that's what has been so enjoyable. Tomorrow we are going down to Downieville to have services for her brother Jim on Saturday. I'll be meeting her other brother Steven then and I'm looking forward to it, even though the occasion will be a solemn one. Karen has had a rough year and I am really hoping that her life will take a good turn now, she is a special lady and she has a special place in my heart.

Fishin' story

Well, it turned out to be a good day for my first fishing trip up to Eagle Lake this year. Due to the fact that I have been spending as much time as I can with Karen, I haven't had time for this until today.

I got out there before I could see my bobber very good after leaving town about 5:15. I got my first bite about 20 minutes later but that one came off. I hooked another a little later that I played for a long time but before I could slip the net under it, that one also came off. Finally I hooked one that stayed on and I ended up keeping that one. It was around 2 lbs and was the biggest one I caught today. I caught 2 more a little later but both of them were too small for me to keep so I let them go. I also had several other bites that I missed and one other fish that broke me off. All in all, it was a pretty good day and I left to come home about 9:30.

Before leaving some guy came walking up to me and when I turned to look at him I saw it was Gene Shannon. He had come up from Redding to fish with a friend of his and they both caught pretty good ones, they were much bigger than the ones I caught. Gene and his friend came over to my house when they were done fishing and we went up to the casino and had some lunch. It was good to see him and contrary to popular belief, he hasn't moved to Vanuatu yet.

So I caught 3 total and had lots of action, which is always good no matter if you hook them or not. Now I won't get back out there for a few weeks, probably early December at the soonest since I will be having Karen staying with me and I really don't want to drag her out there as uncomfortably cold as it was this morning. Besides I have all sorts of other stuff to do with her that is more suited to spending quality time together. Less than 24 hours left and I really can't wait!