Fishing at Eagle Lake

Got up early this morning and went up to my usual spot at Eagle Lake. I left later than usual but still got there before I could see my bobber. Shorter days this time of year, in fact the winter solstice will be coming up on the 21st. That's the shortest day of the year, sunlight-wise for anyone who doesn't know that. But anyway, back to my fishing... I started getting bites right away and before too long I hooked one. The first 2 were small so they went back but I ended up getting some solid 2-3 lb fish like the ones in this picture. I landed 5, broke one off and had many bites, all within an hour of getting there, which made it all so special.

It was a little cold with a North wind blowing and my net froze up when it wasn't in the water. One of these fish on the stringer was giving me a good fight when the sun was hitting the hill across the lake behind me and it was just beautiful the way it was lit up. I went to get my camera after landing that fish but the good show was over and I didn't get any pictures of it. Still fresh in my mind though! A great day fishing and I was only there less than 2 hours. Next week I'll be heading to Idaho and I just can't hardly wait for that. You know why!

Climbin' Stony Ridge

I climbed to the top of Stony Ridge today from the bottom. I could have driven part way up but that would defeat the purpose so I walked from the main road. Karen was #1 in my thoughts like she always is. I kept thinking about how she would like the scenery along the way so I took plenty of pictures and even a couple of videos but the videos didn't do the walk justice so I'm not sharing them. Anyway, a beautiful day for a nice hike and some really pretty forested scenes.


The pointy peak in these pictures is Clarks Peak and if you look close to the peak on the right, you'll see the lookout at Thompson Peak.

My time doing these hikes is quickly coming to an end, as soon as the snow comes that will be the end of it for the year and I'll be gone to Idaho before the thaw in the spring. I can't wait to make this move, I'm just not happy here anymore without Karen. Ya think I have it bad? Yep!

Another day closer to seeing Karen again!

I took another walk today up on the Bizz. The cold nights are showing along the shore of the river and it's frozen over in the slowest places. This time of year makes for some interesting walks. There were almost no people out there and it was a Saturday, even. I did see a few, but not as many as I thought should be out on such a nice day. I walked up to the last bridge before Cady Spring and climbed up on the rim rock and sat in the sun listening to music. It was very comfortable and was really a nice thing to do today.

I'll be making a trip to Idaho in a couple of weeks and today I thought a lot about that and how I'm once again chomping at the bit to see Karen. I guess I'm just not going to be happy till I move closer to her for good. It's hard for me to keep living for the time I can get together with her again, I will be working toward making that move as soon as I can get the moons to line up and work out the logistics. I just love challenges, and this might end up being one. Nevertheless it will be happening soon.

Sun art

The sun sculpted this frost picture on the bridge up on the Bizz today. I've seen this before and it always looks cool. There were spots on the river that were frozen over, shades of things to come with winter fast approaching. I had around a 5 mile walk round trip and it was a pretty nice day for it. Not warm at all but the sun wasn't filtered by high clouds and was nice and strong and warm.

If this nice weather keeps coming, which I think it's supposed to, I might have to get back up in the woods the next couple of days and climb some more hills. It won't be long before I can't do that anymore till spring, and by then I might not be living here. Which will be a good thing, like Martha says.

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.