lake serenity

I know I haven't blogged for a while. When I saw this picture it brought back good feelings and good times. This was my view from the lake house and now it is just but a memory. Living on the lake, every day was special and different. No two days were the same.

Yeeee Haaaa!!!!!

Haven't blogged for a while, but thought I would share some Red Bluff Roundup photos with ya all. Found these two kids walking aimlessly around town and so with a little persuasion and a bag of candy I got them to come to the Rodeo. I also told them there would be a clown, just kidding. Tayler and Dylon are Annies kids.











The good looking gal to my left is my daughter Annie. We don't know where her husband, Jason, is but my guess he's down at the beer tent.












Or maybe he went down the chase the Clydsdales and the Budwieser wagon.

















And last, your gratuitous photo of a bull rider. So, there you have it and I promise the next blog will be following shortly.

Nice Rack

Anyone who knows me know that I have a penchant for large racks, deer and elk of course. The first part of the year the white tail deer shed there antlers and soon start growing a new and larger set for the upcoming rut. And yes the female species of deer also believe big is better. A big rack for a large buck is like" bling" to a rap artist. It makes it a lot easier to assemble his herd, or you might say groupies, and flaunt his harem to all the other bucko's.

This, my friends, happens to be the very first antler shed I have ever found in my life. This is exactly what it looked like when I found it and am told that the other half will normally be found within a quarter mile radius of where its mate was found.

I have been back several times to find the match, but I have a strong notion somebody else is looking as intensely as I, who all ready possesses the other half. We will never know.

The elk will start to shed the first of March. I'll be out there even looking for a larger rack. Elk sheds will get as tall as 5 or more feet. Show me your horns. In this last photo I have placed the antler trying to make it blend ( not very well as it turns out). If you click on the picture you can enlarge it, but see if you can find the antler without zooming in. I'll post again after I find my elk rack.

Record Snow

I know I haven't blogged in a long time, but I finally got some pics and info worth sharing. In keeping with a two year tradition, we were fortunate enough to spend Christmas at home and with grand kids from California. Of coarse grandpa has to have everything ready for the usual cold weather fun. But one thing went wrong, my quad wouldn't start, so instead of pulling the kids around in the snow at 30 mph. we hooked up the dogs. It is an unknown fact that a Labrador, or two, will pull a hundred pound kid around at a least 25 mph. We had fun.
On are way home from CDA one day we spotted a cow moose not 10 feet from the roadway chewing what berries were left on a snow burden tree.
And last, but not least, this is a pic Mare sent me when I was still working in Santa Cruz. This day set a 110 year record for the most snow in a 24 hour period. It dropped 36", trapped my wife and paralyzed both Spokane and all of down town CDA. Look at the guard rail which is almost buried, it is 40" high. And by the way this is our outside, bar stool height, patio dining set.

Say hello to my little friends

Yes, once again it is hot tub season in the ho.(Idaho) Typically when I get in the hot tub I assume I will be the only one in there, but, my new friends have been waiting for me lately.








They never get in , but I usually find them waiting under the cover only to surprise me when its late @ night and too dark to see.
All though one time one of the little fella's jumped in and it didn't take him long to get out.








There seems to be more and more of them lately. Either they breed like rabbits or they're spreading the news about a hot tub party.
Clothing is optional and there is not a bottle of Perier to be found. (That's kind of an inside joke)

Murray Idaho

Last weekend we took a short drive to an old gold mining town of Murray, Id. Heading towards Montana and just over the 4th of July pass, you folllow the scenic Coeur d Alene river for about 35 miles to Murray. Sadly the mining tailings from the old river dredges still scar the scenery along Prichard creek road for the last six miles after turning away from the CDA river.
Our original intent was to stop in at the Spragpole bar for a burger and beer. The Spragpole also plays host to one of the most interesting museums that displays items and history everything from the mining industry to prostitution. Ironically the restaurant has incredible seas food entries and appetizers, including jumbo prawn and shrimp cocktails.

The post office building is still in use today,
and if you look close you will see my reflection in the glass door, taking the photo.







Across the street and just north of the Spragpole stand these totem poles, in which many a male dog
has probably stopped for a brief moment to enjoy. This town really is a fun place to visit.

Park City Utah

Check this out. Last weekend my wife and I drove from Coeur d Alene to Park City, Utah. My daughter, Thea, Marylin and I went to Olympic Village to watch skiers practice ariels from a ski jump into a pool of water. But, as you can see, just before the jumper enters the water, several air jets totally supercharge the water to keep the jumper from breaking every bone in their body. Click on the picture, there is a jumper in there somewhere.

Then we have the official pictures of the 20o02 winter olympic ski jump area. Thea and I took a chair lift to be hooked into a harness that sent us down a zip line @ 50 miles per hour. Ya right, probalbly 35.