“Coyotes howling, yipping, barking, chanting in the brush this morning–that thrilling call of the wild. Like a loon’s cry in the lake country, the song of the coyote, God’s own beloved dog, is the voice of the desert, the leitmotiv of the west.” – Edward Abby
I haven’t been on this blog since August.
Maybe this week I will catch up with stevelummer.com
Life moves pretty fast so its time to slow down long enough to write about it.
See you soon
Steve
I love this picture of the middle-fork of the Snoqualmie River because it keeps things kinda in balance.
And this writing by Edward Abbey goes right along with the pic.
“Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am — a reluctant enthusiast . . . a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic.
Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over those desk-bound men with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators.
I promise you this: you will outlive them.”
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Jesus said it perfectly when he instructed us to come apart so we don’t come apart.
Mark 6:31 “And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:”
What I am really missing right now is shown in the pictures in this blog post.
I love Arizona big time…..but I really miss the streams of missouri.
To name just a few. THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER, THE CURRENT RIVER, THE JACKS FORK RIVER and I could go on……
It is not just the rivers and streams…but the people who you connect with on them that makes them so great.
Did you know the name “Missouri” is a Siouan Indian word? It comes from the tribal name Missouria, which means “big canoe people.”….The word Missouri means “big canoe.”
Great times with some great people in “the big canoe”.
This post is dedicated to my good friend Mike Ketcherside.
Thanks for showing the “good water.”
I would pay big money if somebody would ship a frozen HARRIS PIZZA!
Perferably Harris Pizza # 3 located on 3rd street in Davenport Iowa.
Ummmm ….. I think UPS could handle it with no problem.
Lets make it a TWO LARGE PEPPERONI AND SAUSAGE pizzas.
I even have a Harris Pizza t-shirt from my trip back to my home town in 2005.
love that pizza…..nothing like it!
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This is a camp site just along the Taylor river in Colorado.
What needs to be here is pictured below….Got to have one someday.
Why suffer in a tent when you can have a home by the river?
AIRSTREAM IS IN THE FUTURE.
All I can tell you is that the Holitna River in Alaska still flows in my memory to this day.
I witnessed 6 grizzlies in the Alaskan wilderness and all of them where along the Holitna river.
I spent a fantastic week at the Holitna lodge and fished one of the best rivers in the world.
Alaska’s Holitna River is one of the most remote southwest float trip options. Part of Alaska’s second largest drainage, the Kuskokwim drainage, the Holitna supports all five species of Pacific salmon and is the best char fishing river we have ever fished. The char are plentyful and their size and appearance is impressive by any standard. The king fishing is excellent in areas as is the sockeye and chum fishing. The river also has grayling, northern pike and even sheefish at times. One of the least used rivers I have ever floated, it is very likely that you will not see another person on this river system! It is also one of the easiest rivers I have ever floated and seems to have endless large gravel bars making for virtually unlimited camping opportunities.
We landed a small plane with our gear on a gravel bar on the upper Holitna and camped for two days and nights.
Wildlife on the Holitna River includes bears, wolves, moose, bald eagles and beavers.
Special thanks to Rocky Mclveen of Alaskan Adventures for a great adventure and to my good friend Steve Parisi for the trip of a life time.
This is my last “Liquid History” post….but not my last day on a river.
THE GIFT OF THE GUNNISON RIVER ABOVE
THE TAYLOR RIVER PICTURED BELOW THAT FLOWS INTO THE GUNNISON.
What a great week I had with my son Caleb to celebrate him graduating from Full Sail University as well as my 50th birthday.
Brenda was the enabler to allow us to spend the week together in Colorado for week of fishing and outdoors.
Highlights of the week included:
Hanging round the cool little town of Durango and the Animas river
Spending time in Quray, Gunnison and Crestted Butte.
What a great adventure and gift to celebrate 50 years of God givin life.
The next time we head up to the area again we plan on rafting both the Animas and Taylor rivers.
There are so many outdoor activities to do in the Southwestern part of Colorado.
So thankful to have so much …..so close.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT I MISS RIGHT NOW.
RECOVERY DAY 9 – It is four o’clock mountain standard time and Monday afternoons I usually get home from the office and gear up for the tipical two hour ride through the Prescott National Forest.
But today I will just have to think about it.
This single track pictured above is just outside of Durango Colorado. The Horse Gulch trail system is prime and is a must if you are close to Durango.
http://www.trailcentral.com/trail/trail_info.php?trail=79
During this downtime I can at least dream of some of the best trails the Southwest has to offer.
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