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Holiday with the Ashes!
Boy, was the end of 2017 busy!We had our Christmas here on Christmas Day, then on the 26th we gathered the crew and went to Bend, Oregon to meet up with our daughter Andrea and family for fun in the snow. As Brian’s two had never seen snow, the first snowball went in the air as soon as we got there.Traveling during the holidays is a bit of a challenge and the two-and-a-half-hour layover we were to have in San Francisco... Read more…
Doing a Little Fishing
We are taking some time off and doing a little fishing. Since it is winter and all the bait fish have gone out of the bays, we have to change what we are doing to catch the fish that are left behind.That means I have to learn how to throw the new bigger heavier lure called a Corky or Fat Boy. It’s about four inches long and has not one, but two treble hooks on it. Just as I’m used to one hook, we have added five. Oh, j... Read more…
A Great Year of Learning
Whew, what a great year of learning 2017 has been!We have traveled a lot; we met so many great people this year and added five new clubs, so all is good. We’re still recouping from Harvey, getting back to our field ever-so-slowly, but we are going to take a few days off and fish.Thanksgiving has come and gone with family and a few days of fishing and relaxing.But not for long, since Brian had a gig in Florida for five ... Read more…
Make Your Plan and Shoot Your Plan
We are leaving to come home after being at Garland Mountain Sporting Clays near Canton, Georgia. Wow, what a beautiful place. Being November, the trees had turned their fall colors, which was lovely.This was our first trip to this club, but won’t be the last; they asked us to come back twice next year.We had a great time. It was a little cold on the last day, but it is November and we were in the mountains. We had only... Read more…
Fun at Nationals
We had a fabulous time at Nationals this year. It was so great to see everyone again. We rented an RV and became trailer-park trash for a week. We had a ball staying on “campus” and not having to fight the traffic.Over the course of the week, we shot 800 targets. And I have to say, by Thursday morning, I was tired. We don’t shoot that often and are not used to it. But it was so good to shoot and realize why people love... Read more…
