Whelp, first of all, sorry for the lack of pictures, hopefully we will be able to post some soon. Thank you so much everyone who is keeping up with our travels and taking an interest in our lives by checking our blog, we really appreciate your thoughts and prayers! We left you on the Oregon coast and from there we visited Ryan's childhood city of Eugene then drove to Portland and on through to the Colombia River Gorge in one day. We camped there and visited and hiked around the lush, clear waterfalls of the River Gorge, including one that falls around 650 feet to the ground! We then drove up into Washington, through the misty, foggy Puget sound and camped in the Olympic National park that night. We basked in the sweet smells of the temporal rain forest mingling with the ocean that night then strapped on our hiking boots for a rigorous overnight backpacking trip. We hiked out of the mountains early in the morning after spending the night under the fern and moss covered trees, to make our way to the Olympic Hot Springs nestled in the mountains. We had the 7 or so mossy pools all to ourselves to explore and bask in before we headed off to Seattle via the ferry.
In Seattle, we met up with Camille's friends for our friend Nick's wedding. We spent 2 nights in Seattle, bearing the horrific traffic and one way streets, exploring the Pike's Market with all it's fish throwing, visiting the Space Needle and several other Seattle-based sites. It was a good time for Camille as she was able to reconnect and spend quality time with friends, and Ryan got to know them all better and vice-versa. Fresh from Seattle, we have just made it through the forested Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and into Missoula, Montana. Camille caught her first fish fly-fishing and loved it (at first I felt like crying when I had to pull the hooks out- but they were fiesty and OK when they swam away afterwards, so it was OK). We are hoping to find some sweet fishing streams and rivers and do some hiking here in Montana before we head to Yellowstone next. Thanx for tuning in folks, we love hearing from you and send hugs to everyone...
5 comments:
you guys are going fast! i want to visit montana! congrats camille on the fish-you fish killer! have fun and ryan, you were a brave man dealing with the four-actually five of us girls.
Have fun in that beautiful country!!Thanks for writing. Dad and mom
The first of many fish to come.
Stoked for you Camille! Ohh Montana, now I am wishing I was with you two.
I just got back from B.C. Ryan - call me when you have a minute - many fish to talk about.
Travel hard.
rj
Gentlemen-
I have got a friend who called to ask if anyone at Patagonia knew when the black canyon of the Gunnison is having the infamous salmon fly hatch?
He is on a fly fishing road trip and is debating on hitting the river this week.
thanks,
rj
Already on in the lower gorge, great fishery on other bugs too.
There are some good sources on this topic but pinning down the salmon fly hatch isn't exactly an easy request. i'd suggest calling an area dealer for accurate hatch data. here's a video i found online - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4865579622621005075. there's a ton more online on this topic.
Hope this helps.
I would hit it up!!! Sounds somewhat promising.
have fun- rj
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