We've decided to go fishing today. I look forward to working with Anna so that she can catch her first fish by herself. We'll probably be fishing in the Green River.
Other than that, I don't have much to report.
Perhaps tomorrow I can share some good news from the trip.
Small update: We didn't catch anything, but we had a lot of fun trying.
July 16th will go down in my personal record books as the latest start of summer that I can remember. (Except of course for Chile, where they don’t start summer until Christmas time, but that’s another topic for another day.)
I'm not complaining, though. Every day has been in the oh&endash;so&endash;pleasant 70s and 80s for the past couple of weeks, and it’s felt just like spring. Of course, my allergies didn’t appear until mid&endash;June, so I knew that summer would be late. But it looks like it’s finally upon us.
Things that help you know for sure that the summer in Wyoming is here:
That's all for tonight. Hope you have a lovely evening.
Played soccer... me, seven teenagers, two kids... scored one goal... assisted on a couple of others... hit hard in the face by ball while playing keeper... much running... exhausted...
Loved every minute... going to play again next week... Oh, yeah... Big grin.
Wow.
I feel bad.
Well, here’s what happened this month:
On the anniversary of the Independence of our fair country, Julie also celebrates the anniversary of her birthday. Since the Fourth fell on a Friday, we got a three-day-weekend, and so did pretty much everyone else. Two of the families with whom we are friends trekked up to the Darn Stinkin’ Great State of Wyoming (with apologies to the merely “Great” State of Texas) to hang out for the weekend. We went to the Big Piney parade; the 12 minutes set a new duration record. Then we went to the county fairgrounds for the annual barbecue. Lamentably, they had nothing on Kansas City barbecue, other than it was free. After that, the kids needed naps, so we went back to the house and laid down for a rest. Then in the evening, we drove over to the church house, where we watched the fireworks show, which was absolutely spectacular. It looked like no expense was spared.
The rest of the weekend was spent fishing, picnicking, churching, and playing games. It was a lovely weekend, and we’re glad our friends could come up.
The week after that, Emily and Drew drove up on Friday evening to spend the weekend. We had a good time hanging out with them. On Saturday morning, Drew, James and I woke up early and went fishing at Middle Piney, where we had a banner fishing trip. We kept three fish from our trip, and Drew prepared them for us on Sunday afternoon. They were delicious.
After fishing on Saturday, we took our naps to make up for waking up so dang early on Saturday, and drove to the lovely town of Pinedale to enjoy Chinese food, a trip to the park, and as it turned out, the Rendezvous Rodeo. The Rodeo was kind of a last minute decision, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. Next year, though, we’ll go a little earlier in the evening to get a spot that’s higher than the fence. All during the rodeo we were moving our heads and backs up and down to see through the slits in the fence. Everyone enjoyed the bucking broncos and the bulls. After that, there were fireworks again. Expenses were definitely spared for this show.
One of the advantages of living in the high mountain nowhere, is that there are several excellent fisheries all over the county. As explained, we went fishing when our friends were here, and when Drew and Emily came to visit. This week I went fishing one day during my lunch break because there’s a Green River access spot about three miles from work. Then when Julie went to hang out with her parents on Wednesday evening, I went fishing at Middle Piney, and then this morning, I took the kids fishing up at Middle Piney again. For a guy like me, who enjoys fishing, this is awesome.
June is the end of a fiscal quarter for my employer, and so we’ve been cranking through financials for the past three weeks. What a blast. Or not.
So, that’s the quick summary of life up here. Hope things are going well for all of you living in the big city and especially for those of you who are stationed in a remote army base. Be good and stay safe.
