Road Trips

It's been a little while since I put anything out here so here is an update. Recently I've taken two road trips once home to Minnesota for the Fourth of July and this last weekend to my girlfriends home town of Saint Louis. Going home for the fourth was nice. I never realized how much I like the lakes until I left. It's just a shame they don't have lots of water and foliage by the mountains. It would make the perfect place to live. Anyway I was able to get home and enjoy sometime on the lake as well as trade in my car with my Uncle Kevin. The Expedition was getting up there in miles and I traded it in for a newer Explorer.

The trip to Saint Louis was fun as well. I had never been there and it's always interesting to see new places. I was able to attend a Cardinals game and although they lost I did see Barry Bonds hit a homerun. It really was amazing to watch, I think that he only swung at two pitches in the first 8 innings and hit one of them out of the park. It's totally different in person. He did have a couple four pitch walks to go along with that homerun too so I guess that it was a good day for him. Aside from that I was able to see some of the town, the arch and the waterfront. They had a summer festival to commemorate the 1904 Worlds Fair and the 1804 discovery by Lewis and Clark so we were able to see a water show and fireworks one of the nights.

It was also nice to be able to stop off and see my cousin Paige in Holts Summit on the way to Saint Louis. Paige has recently been diagnosed with cancer and I really appreciated having some time to spend with her. I wish her all the luck in the world in her battle with cancer and she continues to be in my prayers.

Fishing the Poudre

I was able to get up fishing on the Poudre river for a little while last Saturday morning. Unfortunately I didn't catch anything and there were no bugs coming off the river at all. I was fishing a stimulator with a nymph dropper and the fish wanted nothing to do with it, but it was still fun to get out on the river.