Garden

The beggining of radishes. Cute little plants springing forth

Then they grow......

Cute little Zuchini and Lettuce!

All grown up and over the box!

Brocolli first in........

Now look at them!

Russian River Aniversary June 2009

We had great time celebrating our one year aniversary at the Russian River. It was relaxing. Chris even sat and read his book by the campfire for long stretches of time. We got down there Thursday evening and pitched our camping gear after a short burst of rain caught us as we pulled up to our site. I really liked the site Chris picked this year. It was tucked nice and cozy up against the edge of the mountain without exposure to people trampling through your camp to get to their own sites. The people were friendly but we couldn't even see our neighbors due to how the sites are laid out. Purple flowers (Lupin??) were blooming and the weather went from sunny to sprinkling rain to cloudy to windy several times even in one day.

Friday morning, Chris woke up early as usual but with a different mission than heading to work. He made our coffee, got our gear together, and patiently waited on me to rise and shine. Of course, I got up early....well, around 6am as opposed to his 445am time. I was ready though, to get busy with the fishing. This year, after having my eyes lasered last year, was going to be my year to "see" the fish. And I did....I saw the fish. Of course there weren't many to see on the Russian, but fish I saw....3 rainbow trout and one red salmon the whole two days we walked the Russian. Chris being the expert fisherman that he is, caught 4 nice size Reds on Saturday down past the Ferry where everyone else were fishing side by side...shoulder to shoulder....combat fishing away....

Oh, and a side note. Poor Chris got globbered by a flying weight. His neighbor to his left lost a fish and the weight came flying back and knocked Chris down to his knees. OMG, his poor head was bleeding and quickly swelled to a nice goose egg. I was worried. Chris was too somewhat but everyone know the Heman-Superman that he is. The guy asked if he was okay...Chris just said, "I hope so????" I would asked him every now and then ...."Are you okay?" "Do you need to go to get it checked out?", but he would just say "No, just make sure I don't get loopy".

Well, Saturday evening we had friends down and shared a toast to celebrate our one year. I got kind of loopy then, but headed to bed happy to be with my Heman-Superman. The next morning Chris surprised me with a gift (Jewelry) and cards. He had also brought along strawberries and chocolate, but I decided my hang-over wasn't ready for it.

I love him. He loves me. We are happy as we can be. It is so good to be with the one you are meant to be with.

Here is the BIG BEARvideo that we got to view on the Private Island we could not hunt on. It was great watching him. I suppose he would be pretty scary walking up on.......

Dingy lesson part three

Here I learned that rowing forward in a little more difficult than if I had turn the boat around rowed backwards. I look like I am going up hill........lol

Dingy lessons part two

This video is a little longer....but you will see why I put the whole thing in if you watch it all.......

I didn't know that steering the boat would be the easy part. As I got closer, I realized I had to manuver it up to the boat without crashing. Lesson learned..........

Stop the motor before you reach the boat......but not before you get to the boat....and don't wait too long to row with both oars back to the boat!

Dingy lessons part one

So I decided that I should learn the use of the dingy since, who knows, I may need to get back to the boat by myself for some reason.....like Chris needing a beer after he skins the bear or me needing to grab something I forgot (like I always do).

On this inital trip I was able to crank it. A few rips......well maybe more than a few. But it did crank and off I went. Chris decided to film...which I appreciate his care in detail on the next two lessons. And of course he was so patient not to give me too much advice.

PWS Bear Hunt

So Chris and I spent another great May on PWS hunting bear. This was my third trip with him. He has gone many times. We left on Friday morning with decent weather and saw approximately 13 bear in one day. One beautiful, fat, big bear on Chenega Island. We filmed it but had no choice but to just watch it due to the Island being privately owned.
On Saturday we spent all day on the boat hunkered down. It rained and rained and rained. Not drizzle but rain. One thing for sure, it pays to go on these kinds of trips with people who don't mind being around in small places. Chris and I can sit and be around each other without a problem or anoyance. Sometimes we talked....sometimes we read...sometimes I just slept for hours. I really caught up on alot of sleep during this five day trip. Chris even seemed to relax alot. He couldn't piddle around like he does at home.
Sunday was gorgeous after noon. The sun came out and basically stayed out for the next few days. On Sunday, I had my chance at stalking a bear. We saw him on the beach eating the tender grasses which seemed to be fresh and new just waiting on wildlife's attention. The bear didn't seem large but the hunt was afoot just as soon as Chris eyed it. That was our way of finding bears......eat or take a nap....look up....and I would hear Chris say "Bear...get your gear!" I would occassionally spot a bear, but he definitely has the eye for what to look for. Usually my spoting consisted of bear bushes or bear rocks. Anyhow, we loaded up the dingy. My bow in hand and made our way to the beach a ways from the actually spot where the bear was munching slowly near a nice little waterfall. So the waterfall helped drown our noise and we were downwind from him. Perfect for stalking. I was so nervous. You see.....I needed to be able to get within 30 yards of this bear due to that being my best practice shots I have made with my bow with broadheads.
Needless to say...I got there...at least to the last corner prior to where the bear was last seen. Notched my arrow....rounded the corner....but he was gone. Whew! Wasn't sure whether I was relieved or disappointed.

More to come....................