Colorado - More Fishing

Teaching Alice to cross the river.

Zachary and Alice.
My dad fly fishing.
My brother fly fishing.

Besides taking pictures this is what I do on the fishing trips. With my bum shoulder I can't fish so I spend quite a bit of time sitting by the river reading a book with my dog.

Colorado - Day 7

Last night (Sunday) David and I took the four boys up to La Manga Creek and let the boys fish in the beaver ponds. They all were able to catch at least one fish on a fly rod. Monday was a day of maintenance around the cabin. We had to fix the rear brakes on the Jeep and put the backseat in so we can haul more people.


The boys with their haul of brooke trout (brookies).
Montana fly-fishing.
Klatyon fishing.
I found a bank of snow up the mountain from the beaver ponds and took Klayton up to play in it. He had never seen snow before.

Klayton and Stephen with a big snowball. Stephen pelted Montana in the back with it.

Colorado - July 5

Saturday I pretty much just hung out at the cabin and played with the my nephews and cousins. We had a pretty fun day of prospecting for gold - we were successful and found some gold flakes from the riverbed - and then we had a big family whiffleball game in the yard.


Family baseball game.
George rounding the bases and Phoebe going after the ball.
Zachary trying to score.
Montana chasing Dillon down with the ball.

Klayton going for the big hit. Stephen and Sarah playing frisbee.

I took Stephen fishing up at Spectacle Lake with our cousins.
Stephen and I prospecting for gold. We brought back some dirt from the river and found some gold flakes.

As much as we play in Colorado, naps are needed to get through the day. Here I am crashed out with my brother and Zachary, my oldest nephew.

July 4th in Colorado

July 4th in Colorado has been a fun day. David and I took Jeff, Dillon, Zachary and Montana up to Grouse Creek across La Manga Pass in the morning. When we got back to the cabin my cousin Jeff and I took the kids (my four nephews plus Dillon, George and Phoebe) on a hike up behind the cabin on the boulder hill. It has been a beautiful day today. The first day that it has not rained since we have been here. It has been sunny and perfectly warm all day.

I took Lois on a walk with the dog and she fell asleep on my shoulders.

















Stephen swinging on the neighbors swing.





Stephen and his cousin Lois.
Me and Klayton on our boulder-hike behind the cabin.
Montana, Klayton, me and Stephen in a hole at the base of a boulder.


Zachary fly fishing at Grouse Creek.
Montana getting ready to wet a line.
David fly fishing at Grouse Creek.
Zachary and David at Grouse Creek.

From front to back - Montana, Zachary, Jeff, Dillon and David fly fishing at Grouse Creek.

Colorado - Day 3

My cousin Jeff and his wife and four kids arrived last night so I took them on a hike up to the waterfall today. Here are some pics from our adventure. I forgot to take a pic of the waterfall at the top.





The hiking crew before we headed down. Phoebe, Jeff, George, Uncle Walter, Aunt Connie, me, Lois, Dillon and Allison. Dad was taking the picture.

Me and lois on the way up. Lois is two and she sang to me on the entire hike.

Phoebe swinging on the neigbor's Cottonwood tree swing.

Uncle Walter and his granddaughter Lois.














Me and Lois on the porch at the cabin.

Cowboy George at-bat.

Colorado - Day 2

One of the best things about being at the cabin is not having any set plans during the day and just hanging out and doing whatever you wish. Today I slept in until about 10 before taking the Jeep up to the top of La Manga Pass (10, 321 feet) with Mom and Alice.

I went on a run with Alice and let her play in the river while I just sat and enjoyed God's creation and spent some nice quiet time.

Uncle Walter, Dad and myself went on what Uncle Walter calls a "fruit shoot" up at Spruce Hole. We took some onions, potatoes, cans and water bottles and unloaded several hundred rounds of ammo. This is an annual event - especially when Uncle Walter brings his arsenal of pistols with him. He only brought three this year but a few years ago he had 13 pistols with him.

Colorado Pics - Day 2

Me and Alice with Platoro Canyon behind us.






Alice retrieving in the front yard.














Dad shooting his .357.










Uncle Walter shooting his 45.

Shooting my 9MM Smith and Wesson.