4 Days Left

In 4 more days we will be on the road. First to Coldwater, Michigan to visit Mom and Dad, my daughter Denim and the rest of the family. Will stay till the 29th and then to Marion, Indiana to visit Denise's family. After Indiana it's off to Oklahoma, Alabama then finally Florida for the rest of the winter.

The steelhead are biting pretty good now that I'm getting ready to leave.That's alright I don't need any more fish in the freezer anyways. Went out last night and caught 2 in less than an hour. Lost 1 other one and had 2 more hits. The pic is of the nicest one I caught last night. Wish I had a video of the fight with it as it was a good one. At least 4 big jumps and 3 good runs before it decided to come home with me for supper. (OOPS I mean to be supper)

Levi and His Family

My son Levi, his wife Katie and my grand daughter Dakota came up to visit for a few days. We had a great time with them. They are on their way to Alaska to live.

On about the 3rd day Levi was getting bored and told me the leaves were getting bad around my lot, so I went up to the garage and got the leaf blower out and strapped it to his back. Solved both problems at the same time. He wasn't bored any more and he did a great job of getting rid of our leaves.

Then Dakota came out and liked the pile of leaves we made and had a ball playing in them. Of course her and Nana had a good time spending time together.

I can't wait till next summer and go to Alaska and see them.

Here's some pics while they were here.

Colors Are Beautiful

These pics were taken right out side out camper. I guess it is worth the cooler weather to see such beautiful colors on the trees. If you go out driving around now it is hard to keep your eyes on the road, so if you're in northern Michigan now and see anybody wondering all over the road they aren't drunk. Just looking at all the beautiful trees. Might be just as dangerous as a drunk driver but won't get arrested for it.

Steelhead Fishing

Well I finally got a good one. After 3 weeks of fishing for steelhead and only landing small ones it felt good to put a good one in the boat. 11 lb. 6 oz. Been out about every day fishing for them. Anybody that says steelhead fishing is easy has never done it. I have landed 4 small ones and had 2 bigger ones to the boat only to loose them before I could net them. One I had to the boat and turned around to get the net and it was not there. I left it at the camper. Senior moment I guess. LOL It was his lucky day as there is no way to land them with out a net.

The fall is taking over. Leaves are falling off the trees. Making work for next spring. In a couple weeks we will be on the road south. Stopping along the way to visit kids, grand kids and parents. Denise is ready. I think I am getting close. The fish down south are calling my name. The steelhead that haven't played with me yet will have to wait till spring to play.

Here is a pic of my steelie.

Fall is Here

Well the fall weather has caught up with us and is making it harder to keep Denise happy with staying till the end of October. I think she has a bad case of hitch itch. For any of you that don't know what hitch itch is, to full time RVer's it is time to hook up and go. It don't matter where just GO. I know Denise is ready to GO SOUTH. She don't like this fall weather or what comes right after it. Me I'm loving the fall weather and seeing how I do the driving she's stuck here for a few more weeks. Well maybe not I seen her on line the other night looking at air line tickets. I didn't ask no questions I didn't want to hear the answers to. Maybe I will have to meet her down south somewhere.

Salmon fishing is over for me this year. Was not a very good season. Small amount of fish came in the river this year. Made me understand why they call it fishing not catching. Still got a few for the freezer and smoked some to can. The steelhead are in the river now and teaching more of a lesson of why they call it fishing not catching.

Went and bought a truck camper yesterday. It will be used to go to Alaska next summer and for get-a-ways after that. Cheaper to haul and maybe the fifth wheel will last us longer if we don't haul it everywhere. Here's some pics of it.