Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Good times at the Dodge City Motel
After our super fun day of fishing, we headed back to town for some dinner and to rest up for the next day. But first, a couple beers and some pool time!
Here's where I try my favorite Mexico trick of carrying a beer in my bikini top. either I wear different suits in Mexico or grow more cleavage...
Carl shows his poolside physique...
Finally, we were starving and headed to Lynard's Spud Cellar for some pizza. Then a post dinner snack at the local ice cream shop...
Unwilling to give up our evening without a visit to the Longbranch Bar, JJ and I headed out for one last stop. We could not resist the truckstop photo shoot on the way back to our room.
It was cool to be out in the open sky and see all the stars and the perfect banana runt-shaped moon. and while it looks like we were all bad-ass late night, we were in bed by 10:30. The key is starting early, people.
Here's where I try my favorite Mexico trick of carrying a beer in my bikini top. either I wear different suits in Mexico or grow more cleavage...
Carl shows his poolside physique...
Finally, we were starving and headed to Lynard's Spud Cellar for some pizza. Then a post dinner snack at the local ice cream shop...
Unwilling to give up our evening without a visit to the Longbranch Bar, JJ and I headed out for one last stop. We could not resist the truckstop photo shoot on the way back to our room.
It was cool to be out in the open sky and see all the stars and the perfect banana runt-shaped moon. and while it looks like we were all bad-ass late night, we were in bed by 10:30. The key is starting early, people.
Monday, August 16, 2010
"Remember that time that Shannon caught the fish with Johnny's pole?"
That's how this weekend will be referred to for all posterity.
We met up with John's folks to do some fishing on the gorge.
We started out with amazing weather, a calm river and caught fish right away. We assumed our regular positions: Carl, Kathy and John fishing, Me as the jig and worm picker and general deck hand, and Arnold and I fighting for the best spots: mine in the sun and his in the shade.
As Kathy was pulling in a fish, John grabbed the net to help her land it and handed me his pole. I have heard them talk about slowly reeling it in after a cast so that's what I did. "Um John, I have a fish on..." that fish turned out to be the biggest catch of the day!
John was flabbergasted and bound and determined to beat me. He was going to have to do better than snagging this tire....
Sorry Carl, if we put that one in the live well, mine might eat it!
We decide to try a new spot and John has a beer for luck.
it worked! He managed to catch one (slightly) bigger than mine.
We just kept catching nice fish all day long....
John is pleased.
My tan is getting awesome.
We decided to call it a day and headed out to mid-river to clean our catch.
A final comparison to see who had the biggest fish....
Taking this poor fish to Carl and the cleaning board....
final thoughts?
and then a nice ride back to the dock for an evening in town... Stay tuned...
We met up with John's folks to do some fishing on the gorge.
We started out with amazing weather, a calm river and caught fish right away. We assumed our regular positions: Carl, Kathy and John fishing, Me as the jig and worm picker and general deck hand, and Arnold and I fighting for the best spots: mine in the sun and his in the shade.
As Kathy was pulling in a fish, John grabbed the net to help her land it and handed me his pole. I have heard them talk about slowly reeling it in after a cast so that's what I did. "Um John, I have a fish on..." that fish turned out to be the biggest catch of the day!
John was flabbergasted and bound and determined to beat me. He was going to have to do better than snagging this tire....
Sorry Carl, if we put that one in the live well, mine might eat it!
We decide to try a new spot and John has a beer for luck.
it worked! He managed to catch one (slightly) bigger than mine.
We just kept catching nice fish all day long....
John is pleased.
My tan is getting awesome.
We decided to call it a day and headed out to mid-river to clean our catch.
A final comparison to see who had the biggest fish....
Taking this poor fish to Carl and the cleaning board....
final thoughts?
and then a nice ride back to the dock for an evening in town... Stay tuned...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Fashion Friday
I love it when rushed mornings when I don't know what to wear result in something quickly thrown together that I end up liking. I grabbed Kim's hand-me-down jeans because I wanted something comfy. They have brown on the pockets so I tried the brown tank top and belt... getting there. The shoes slipped on easily and I looked boring. hmm, scan jewelery...did that... same 'ol... meh.. scan dressing room....not going to wear cowgirl hat to work....scan back..AHA! I got this hat at a recent Buffalo Exchange trip for $4.50 and it was the perfect topper (pun intended) for this outfit! I added my mom's old gold and silver Wonder Woman bracelet (it doesn't really have anything to do with WW, I don't know why I call it that. ) a necklace my grandma made (the other grandma this time, she made it with agates) and earrings I made!
This is my new fave photo spot. It's where I catch and get off the bus and I love that the clouds reflect in the windows. I had a bunch of good shots from this streetside photo shoot, except that my face looked dumb :) I'll practice a bit with future outfits and try again! Happy Friday!
This is my new fave photo spot. It's where I catch and get off the bus and I love that the clouds reflect in the windows. I had a bunch of good shots from this streetside photo shoot, except that my face looked dumb :) I'll practice a bit with future outfits and try again! Happy Friday!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Forty-Fun!!!
John's 41st birthday was on Saturday and to celebrate, we planned a motorcycle trip to Pendleton to do all of our favorite Pendleton-inspired activities! We left Friday after work and had a relaxing ride in the sun and landed at our hotel and then hit Hamley's for a light dinner and couple beers..
John on his last night as a 40-year old.
On Saturday (his actual birthday), he had a goal of doing a really good run. (either 4.1 miles or 41 minutes, whichever felt right) As both goals neared, he realized that he had a little more left to give and so we completed the whole path. He's been working really hard on getting back into running and so it was really awesome to conquer those 5 miles. ba-bam! After a giant success there, we went for a quick coffee and apple fritter at Starbucks and came back to our room to change for the day (and he wanted to log in and see how many Facebook "Happy Birthdays" he got :)) and then we went to our favorite lunch place for a couple mid-morning beers that inevitably turn into lunch beers and a sandwich. (we've done this before :))
Then, pool time! John joked that he was having a perfect birthday day fora 7-year old: running around the park and then going to the pool. We pretended everyone there was there for his party.
After a few practice descents on the frog, we hit the big slides. It was perfectly hot and there were literally no lines for the slides!! We went down, ran back up and went down again! over and over and over. It was so fun.
After about 20 times, we swam across the big pool and busted out a few dives...
John goes Superman style...
I am a cheerleader.
After swimming, we hopped back on the bike (parked not very legally on the high school steps, but in the shade!) and went for a post-swim drink and then to clean up for dinner.
We were back at Hamley's for dinner and the very nice bartenders had a present for John for his birthday!
After another delightful dinner and being treated just fantastically, we went over to the Rainbow, where the bartenders there had some birthday shots ready for him....
It didn't last much longer after this :) Happily enough, John woke up feeling fine the next morning and we had a perfect ride home where we coasted back to normal life with some more yummy food and a nice bottle of wine.
Everything that could have gone right went even better than we could have hoped and we were really treated well by the fine folks in Pendleton. What a great way to start off the year. Forty-fun indeed.
John on his last night as a 40-year old.
On Saturday (his actual birthday), he had a goal of doing a really good run. (either 4.1 miles or 41 minutes, whichever felt right) As both goals neared, he realized that he had a little more left to give and so we completed the whole path. He's been working really hard on getting back into running and so it was really awesome to conquer those 5 miles. ba-bam! After a giant success there, we went for a quick coffee and apple fritter at Starbucks and came back to our room to change for the day (and he wanted to log in and see how many Facebook "Happy Birthdays" he got :)) and then we went to our favorite lunch place for a couple mid-morning beers that inevitably turn into lunch beers and a sandwich. (we've done this before :))
Then, pool time! John joked that he was having a perfect birthday day fora 7-year old: running around the park and then going to the pool. We pretended everyone there was there for his party.
After a few practice descents on the frog, we hit the big slides. It was perfectly hot and there were literally no lines for the slides!! We went down, ran back up and went down again! over and over and over. It was so fun.
After about 20 times, we swam across the big pool and busted out a few dives...
John goes Superman style...
I am a cheerleader.
After swimming, we hopped back on the bike (parked not very legally on the high school steps, but in the shade!) and went for a post-swim drink and then to clean up for dinner.
We were back at Hamley's for dinner and the very nice bartenders had a present for John for his birthday!
After another delightful dinner and being treated just fantastically, we went over to the Rainbow, where the bartenders there had some birthday shots ready for him....
It didn't last much longer after this :) Happily enough, John woke up feeling fine the next morning and we had a perfect ride home where we coasted back to normal life with some more yummy food and a nice bottle of wine.
Everything that could have gone right went even better than we could have hoped and we were really treated well by the fine folks in Pendleton. What a great way to start off the year. Forty-fun indeed.
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