Wyoming trip...
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Awesome trip. Nice fish, looks like you did a proper amount of selective releasing.
You're killing me with those fish fossils. In some bands of gravel we can find shells, sponges and some other unusual looking under sea stuff, even found a shark tooth once. Makes me need to get back out and look for more.
My only complaint is why was the picture of the mother grizz with cubs such a far off shot?
Hope the garden survived. Mine would look like a potato chip if I left for even one week right now.
Tim
Gus is pretty selective, if it is a fish, he wants to keep it. The first fish of the trip was about a 5 pound post spawn male 'bow about as pretty colored as I've ever seen. I put him back because he was bigger and prettier than I'd want to eat and Gus started to cry when I put him back. His big rainbow in the pictures was the second fish of the trip and that satisfied him for a while after that.
South Dakota has a lot of fossils, get out there and get digging
. The fish fossils are hard to beat and very easy to dig in the quarry. Mother grizz crossed the road 150 yards in front of us, but there were 50 cars between us and them
. Really not my idea if a wildlife experiance, but it got the job done. We took the mower and string trimmer to the garden. Jen has been weeding and I have been tilling. Most of the garden was a 2-3' high patch of pigweed and smartweed. Everything is there, just needs to be rescued. We have been eating potatoes, summer squash and garlic scapes. We have some peas ready, but not enough to go with the Brookies that rode back with us. We are talking about a commission to remember the trip, this time would be real money. You have an abstract style trout like that brookie in you? I don't know what species yet.
Thanks Jon, we really had a good time. I enjoyed the rockhounding, especially since I like to wander around the wastelands of the country. I used to collect fossils as a kid, but hadn't in years. Jen has a degree in Geology and has always loved rocks and likes to drag them home, so it was a good fit for us. We brought back easily 500# of rocks to decorate the yard.
Kris Schaumburg
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nice, about to head out for a 24 hour tuna trip. funny thing is offshore the concept of releasing basically doesn't exist to us except billfish. Anything small becomes bait, anything big (except sharks) that we don't want to eat, meets a knife and becomes chum or bait.
Chuck J
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Great pics Tod, looks like (another) trip of a lifetime!
Were you nervious about the clearance between the canoe and trailer? Factoring in uneven ground? When I had a pickup, I had a regular clamp on cross bar at the front of the cab to use with one at the back of the bead, this moved the canoe forward, and was ultra stable with the bars so far apart.
I love the irony here.
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Chuck
Truck and coach ready to go further West…
Were you nervious about the clearance between the canoe and trailer? Factoring in uneven ground? When I had a pickup, I had a regular clamp on cross bar at the front of the cab to use with one at the back of the bead, this moved the canoe forward, and was ultra stable with the bars so far apart.
Solar powered oil well…
I love the irony here.
Welcome back
Chuck
Who said you weren't a rocket scientist Tod?
Glad the trip worked out for you. Lots of trout in that country even for a dry year. My son is out there this summer fighting fires, they keep doubling in size every 12 hours, so I hope there is some of Wyoming left when I get there in September.
Glad the trip worked out for you. Lots of trout in that country even for a dry year. My son is out there this summer fighting fires, they keep doubling in size every 12 hours, so I hope there is some of Wyoming left when I get there in September.
jode hillman
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Man, that is awesome. I am sure one day Gus will look back fondly and realize how fortunate he is to take part in such an outing that many adults never undertake. The photo's and narration were very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing Tod!
Brad, I have to thank you for your suggestion to look at the Pinedale area. We have a great time, what a neat area. Pinedale would be on my short list of retirement areas, but it was a little small and far away from the services you would want in your golden years.
We didn't see a single fire or even smoke, which was a surprise.
Other than having me as a parent, he is a lucky kid.
His absolute favorite part of the trip was that we visited the hot springs in Thermopolis, and went in the mineral pool outside on a cold rainy day. Pretty cool, but a surprise that it was his favorite.
Cody Williams
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Wow, what a great trip! Your boy will never forget that experience. Kemmerer is only about 1.5 hrs away from me, I will have to take my daughter over there for some fossil hunting, she is obsessed with dinosaurs and fossils and would love to dig some on her own. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
Warfield's quarry is very kid friendly. The on site manager's name is Robin and she was awesome, Gus loved her and followed her around most of the day.
http://www.fossilsafari.com/
MLBob Furia
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Always enjoy your trip summary and piccs, Tod. Thanks for taking the time to post all that.