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Happy New Year!

We kicked off the new year with a couple powder days at Monarch Mountain.

Merry Christmas!

The big day has finally arrived, and it's to be a white christmas as well.

The in between days

Finished my basement, playing some hockey, and a house full of flu victims.
That pretty much sums up the ramp up for the upcoming Holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're enjoying a fine Holiday "Staycation".
Got a little of everything in... skiing to mtn biking.

End of football season

The football season has ended for Jake, and he jumped right into the wrestling season.
An unusual cold snap (below zero) has shocked us all into Winter mode.

Happy Halloween!

Indian Summer

Took advantage of the seemingly endless warm Fall days to get some fine dry fly fishing in with Matt Farling.

6th grade school pics

This years football and Erie Middle photos...

Erie Tigers Homecoming parade

Jacob's team float took first place in the parade!

First day of Middle School

A sad day for Jake...end of a great summer vacation!

Last weekend of Summer vacation...

Jake and I went on a father/son backpacking adventure in RMNP as our last outing before school starts.

Happy 12th Birthday Jacob!

Grammy and Pappy in town to celebrate...

Family Vacations

We capped off a big month of travel with our annunal fishing and camping trip in the Yellowstone area.
First stop was the South Fork of the Snake River, where we spent 3 days floating from Palisades Dam to the bridge (13 miles).
Flows were at 13,000cfs and the weather was perfect. Fishing was great, but the catching was prettty marginal...no surface activity.
Next, we met Matt and the girls on the Henry's Fork of the Snake. Flows were 1300cfs and the water was a little tinted.
We floated Harrimans, the Box Canyon, and screwed around on Island Park for 4 days. Lots of good times, but not a lot of catching.
Matt and the girls returned to Colorado, and we continiued North into Montana...setting up a base on the fabled Madison River.
Once again, the floating, camping and scenery was spectatular, but the catching was so so.
For the final leg of our trip, we drove across Yellowstone to the Cody side. We setup camp by Gibbs Bridge on the North Fork of the Shoshone.
Flows were at around 1000cfs and dropping fast. The tribs are still high, and the lake fish were just starting to think about returning to the lake.
Perfect conditions!
We spent 3 days floating the N. Fork, and did a lot of catching
The drive home was split up by staying in Alcova WY on the N.Platte, which is fishing/catching great.

Dry flies on the Wind

Jacob, Stella and I floating the Bighorn/Wind River...

Schools out for Summer!

Summer vacation has begun.

CO snowpack

Lots of snow this year!
Got a sunny one for our last day of lift assisted skiing at Loveland
Summer is fast approaching!



Finally got the new drift boat in the water...

Spring Break Part 2

Jacob is on Spring Break this week.
We got a couple great powder days in at Loveland, and he's wrapping up hockey season

Spring Break

Fruita has some of the best singletrack!

Ski tour

We are enjoying the beginning of what should be a fantastic Spring ski season.
Went on a family ski tour off Rollins Pass, an area where there's usually never any snow.

Spring?

Spring is here, and so is Winter.
One day it's 70, and the next it's 7.
Regardless of the snow or sun, the Rainbows have initiated the Spring spawn.
Stella and I got a couple fine days in on the N.Platte...

Happy Valentines Day!

Valentine ski...

CO State Championship

Wrestling season has now come to a close.
Jacob finshed 7th in the state, and his teammate Rudy took 3rd (70lb).
Stella is housebroken and has doubled in size.
We're looking forward to getting caught up on skiing!

Happy New Year!

The Holidays have come and gone.
Everyone is back in their respective routines, and we are breaking in a new puppy...Stella.
We're having a fine Winter- lots of regular snows in the mountains, but warm and sunny at home on the Front Range.
Jake is playing house league hockey and wrapping up his wrestling season.
Beth and I are occupied with our standard activities for this time of year, and we are all enjoying the Winter.