Headed for Yellowstone in the morning. The bride and I are headed up with three other couples. I know this will be fun. full report next week

I am doing much better, I still have a headache that just won't leave and my balance is a little off. I can just be sitting minding mu own business and the room will start to spin, but I do feel better.

My new granddaughter is just beautiful. I have not had much of a chance to spoil her yet but I'll be working on it.

I need to get out and do some yard work in the morning. Things have just gotten a Little out of hand. I just need to get started and it will go pretty fast.

encephalitis, I have it and I don't like it. been down just over a week and I am getting better but have a long way to go. I have a brand new granddaughter that I have not seen yet, and she is only 8 miles away. I just don't have the energy and I am in too much pain.

Do you remember where you were 9 years ago today? Do you remember 3000 dead on American soil? NEVER FORGET, NEVER SURRENDER.

"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever." --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 18, 1781

Craig and Tammy went home yesterday, BUMMER!! But we had a wonderful time The bride spent most of the week spending money and decorating the house. Craig and I spent most of the time fishing. It just does not get much better then that.

I have been invite to go fishing in the morning with my buddy Nate. We are headed for Wilard bay looking for wipers. I hope we find some........

"[A] wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." --Thomas Jefferson

My buddy Craig and his wife Tammy came for a visit. They live in Pennsylvania and we get together every year. At least Craig and I trade trips every other year. We have been friends for 30 years and it is more like family the a friendship. God has blessed me with this friendship.

We will get Craig an out of state fishing license here in a little bit and most of the week will be spent fishing. Seeing how Tammy is along on this trip there will be some chick things that need to be done, I not sure what but I know I'll be told as soon as I have the need to know.

Tammy and the bride are talking and laughing so I guess I'll go do the breakfast dishes. see-ya

I think I will go see the 10:00 showing of the expendables. I know the bride is not interested in an action flick and I need to see a movie where old guys are still tough. But first I need to do the dishes, but I'll have a mean look on my face.

Went to my post op on Tuesday and the Dr said I was doing great and I had no restrictions. So yesterday a buddy of mine wanted to go shooting and I said "sure". This morning I have placed some restrictions on myself. The shoulder is very sore. I am glad we only used handguns and not rifles. Need coffee............bye

I am feeling much better. The shoulder is still very sore but is on the mend. I was able to sneak out in the truck and go to the store. It was great to get out of the house for awhile. The bride and I are going to see mom and pick up her dirty laundry. Not much else, just wish it was football season. GO CHARGERS

My surgery went well, however shortly after I got home I was gasping for breath after any movement. I have had blood clots in the lungs twice before and this felt a lot like that. The bride hauled me off to the emergency room and after many tests and many hours it was determined that I had aspirated something during surgery and it had settled in my right lung. The DR called it phenomena and give me some antibiotics. The pain from the surgery is not as bad as I thought it would be and I am able to manage with some pain killers.

Having shoulder surgery on Wednesday. I figure I will not post anything for awhile. I am lousy at typing with two hands and be twice as lousy with one.

Had a bar-b-que at the house last night, invited a few freinds and had a wonderful time. Hamburgers and hotdogs abounded. The bride made her homemade baked bean and mac salad. It was nothing but fun. I am thinking I will do it again before the end of summer.

Just want to wish my daughter HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Just got back from my walk, sometimes the walk is no fun but I do feel great when I get done. Funny how that works we all go through tough times and it drags you down but when you get through you feel fine. That is as deep as I am going today.

I will be taking mom out for lunch in awhile, first I need to do a load of laundry for her and put some weed and feed on the lawn. Some important papers have been misplaced and the house was torn to shreds trying to locate them. I need to put the house together again and start the search over. At least I know where the papers are not and I can proceed searching other areas. Of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most. I am off like a heard of turtles , see ya

I am home safe and sound from the great state of Alaska, had a wonderful time and even caught some fish. It seems the allergies I have been complaining about were really a sinus infection. The bride took me to Urgent Care almost as soon as I got home from the trip. I am on some antibiotics and I think I am getting better, Just not sure yet. I know I have almost zero energy. I think it is nap time. Bye bye

Time is getting close. I am headed for Alaska Friday morning for a week of fishing. I will be in a different location from my previous Alaskan fishing trips and guess I be fishing the Kenai River for Red Salmon. My past trips we were targeting silver (Coho) salmon which are a wonderful sport fish and taste good to boot. I understand that the red salmon smoke up the best and I smoke almost all the fish I catch I figure this will work out well.

There will be four of us on the trip my buddy Jim, Scott, his wife Nancy and myself. We have a cabin lined up that is within walking distance of the river and is in or very near the town of Soldotna. The trip it self has spiraled a little out of control for price but, there is a quote I that like “Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint you can” and that is how I am approaching this trip.

I am sure that I will have a number of adventures to report when I return. Until then take care and be safe.

Town Hall

Allergies are kicking my butt this morning. I did not go for my walk and I am not going to do any housework. I am going to watch TV and think about going back to bed.

I went to Senator Orrin Hatch’s town hall meeting last night. Senator Hatch is one of the most powerful men in Washington having been there for 34 years. I was able to express my belief that the founding fathers did not imagine career politicians, and that power corrupts and the D.C. in Washington stands for District of Corruption. I asked the Senator if he would support term limits for congress. That is when it got a little heated. The good senator told me that there were term limits already. My darling bride said she was sure he meant that if didn’t like the guy you could vote him or her out of office. But that is not what was said. After his comment I don’t think I needed the microphone that I was using. I explained that he had been in the senate for 34 years and he was shooting for another 6 years. When the subject of a constitution amendment limiting congressional terms be proposed the good senator in no uncertain terms that he would not waste his time writing a amendment that had no chance of passing. There were a few calls from the audience saying “just write it’ and the answer was “NO”

So it appears that we have a government out of control government in place that will not listen to us and is almost impossible to change. Things that make you go “hummm”

It is a beautiful summer day in northern Utah. The kind of day that makes you glad not to be in an office some place. Spent most of yesterday on a lake with my buddy Nate, We managed to catch our limit of trout. I managed to talk Nate into taking all the fish. It is not that I don’t like fish but I just finished smoking about 15 maybe 20 pounds of trout and salmon and I have plenty for fish. I kept 1/3 of the smoked fish and handed out the other 2/3 to Nate and Jim. The fish was from our last fishing trip to Flaming Gorge.


I slept in a little later then normal this morning and got a late start on my walk. It had warmed up enough that it affected the quality of the walk and I did struggle a little. But I figure if I keep plugging along it will only get better.

I misplaced my to do list which has really worked out for the best. I have forgotten what was on it so I don’t have to do any chores, Makes for a relaxing day.