Lees Ferry, AZ – Monday September 25, 2017

Up and out at 7:00 a.m. for a morning on the river.  It was cold 46 degrees.  Heavy t-shirt, sweet shirt and long johns ( Thanks, Eric – REI Christmas gift card ).
I got one 14 inch rainbow.

Monday September 25, 2017 Colorado River – 14 Inches
Monday September 25, 2017 Colorado River – 14 Inches

This is the same fish.  Taking these pictures can be interesting.  Standing in the middle of the river, fly rod, fish in net, camera.  That’s three things and two hands.

I net the fish, get the hook out, take a picture and then use the 12 inch marking on the net frame to measure the fish.  Then it’s fish free into the river.  Nice sunny morning.

 

Lees Ferry, AZ – Sunday September 24, 2017

I was up and out the door by 7:15 this morning.

Got this one on my third cast this morning.  It’s a good 14 inches.

I moved about 20 yards up river and after a while I got this one, again a 14 inch fish.
Both on Wooley Buggers, first one on a black, the second one a brown wooley bugger.

By this time there were at least twelve people fishing this area and I didn’t have anyplace I could move to without interfering with someone else.  I fished for another half an hour and called it a day at 10:00 a.m.  I didn’t see anyone else catching any fish.   I had a great time.

 

Lees Ferry, AZ – Friday September 22, 2017

Thursday I drove into Marble Canyon and got an Arizona fishing license and area fishing wisdom.
I was up at 7:00 a.m. and on the river by 7:45.  The fishing reports say the best fishing is as the sun reaches the river, around 8:15.
I got two nice fish today.

These are both about 12 inches.
The top one is a rainbow however the lower one is rainbow colored without any of the spots.  Got them both on a black wooley bugger.

The guy at the fly shop said after you catch a fish you really need to move to a new location, the fish spread out while when one is catch.

 

Lees Ferry, AZ – Thursday September 21, 2017

Both of the great front row sites came open this morning and I was right on the bigger of the two, Number 45. 

We will be here awhile so might as well have the best view in town.  

Today I am going to Lees Ferry Fly Shop to get an Arizona fishing license and guideness on where to fish and what flys to use.  

The wind s blowing hard today. We have had guests in the 45 – 50 range, glad we moved yesterday we would have had to stop if we were driving today.

 

Lees Ferry, AZ – Wednesday September 20, 2017

150 miles to Lees Ferry with a beautiful drive past the Grand Canyon and the Vermillion Cliffs.

Thursday is going to be windy so today is a great day to be moving.

We are in site 37.
I just realized I do not have an IPad photo editing app.  The location marked on the picture is were we stopped while deciding which site to settle into for the night.  We are actually across the road where the blue line passes though a campsite. 


The view out the door, our big windows are on the other side of the Motorhome. 
Written on IPad

 

Zion National Park – Tuesday September 19, 2017

Wednesday is moving day.
Hurricane for groceries and then on to Lees Ferry, Az.

The current plan is Lees Ferry Wednesday 9/20 until Monday 10/2 with some fishing in the Colorado River.

Monday 10/2 Homolovi State Park in Winslow, AZ for groceries, laundry, gas and propane for the week plus we will be in Albuquerque.   The Flying J in Winslow has a decent place to get propane.  Finding a place to get propane is always one of the biggest challenges while traveling in a motorhome and even more when towing a vehicle.

Tuesday 10/3 Bluewater Lake State Park, NM to dump and fill with water.

Wednesday 10/4 Albuquerque and the Balloon Festival until 10/16.

At this point not sure what we will do after the balloon festival.

Zion National Park – Saturday September 16, 2017

The microwave has been acting up the last 4 weeks.  Some days it will work some it will not work.  When we first got the motor home I took the microwave in to have it repaired under warranty.  I remember the guy saying that the door was out of alignment and that is why the microwave generator would not work, the unit didn’t know the door was closed.
Last week we gave it one more time and it was getting replaced.  It acted up Friday before we went into town so it’s gone.
I ran some avalanche cord around the unit and tightened it up with a turnbuckle.  When we get to the big house I’ll install the vents around the outside so it looks finished.

Zion National Park – Friday September 15, 2017

Today was shopping day in St. George.  We went to FedEx to get some things for the Balloon Festival printed @ 69 cents per copy, PETCO for Hank’s tic medicine, Walmart for milk, Lowes for new microwave,  GOODWILL for shorts, COSTCO for steak and Ford for truck part.

At COSTCO the tailgate handle broke on the driver’s side.
Here is where the latch broke.
I don’t carry a lot of tools however I happen to have the tork T30 screw driver head I needed.  Had to take the middle shelf of the pickup’s storage system out of the back and then I could get to screws to remove the inside panel and unlatch the tailgate.  Didn’t take too long.