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[Bawanna]

I never fished in Crescent Lake but I went swimming in it once. Visualize "Ice Age". I thought I was one of them loonies that jumps in Lake Washington in mid winter in the snow. Think it was the coldest water I ever been in.

I generally don't care much for wet, but I don't care for cold wet much atall.

Curlew was like bath water this year, I was in it nearly every day which is right handy since there's not a shower anywhere in the resort that I can get into. Have an outside shower deal on our junky travel trailer that works great if the lake's too cold. I'd share pictures of that but I don't want to frighten Culs daughter and the rest of the children.

 

[cul4u01]

Shavru - I had really thought my fishing days were over, when I had a girl (we were expecting a boy, but um, the ultrasound must've been "cloudy" ), but I just thought we'd be doing "girly" things. She's definately a "girly" girl, but she does surprise me once in a while, and her taking to fishing, like she does swimming, really made me proud as a father, and we do get to spend quality time as a family, which is great.

 

[cul4u01]

I'd share pictures of that but I don't want to frighten Culs daughter and the rest of the children.

It's ok, I just won't look at the thread when she's around. On second thought, maybe I'd be better off skipping this thread altogether. J/K

 

[Shavru]

Hehe, don't think they actually fished in the lake Bawanna. Something about fishing in some river near there I think but camping at the lake campgrounds. And yes, knowing my husband there was probably a lot of swimming involved. He grew up around here where they didn't have gators and water mocs ect so they swam all the time. Me, every friend I knew that went swimming died between the slithery things and just getting caught in a bunch of weeds and drowning. It didn't really make me want to learn to swim so much you see.

Yeah Cul. Sometimes things surprise us how they work out eh?

 

[cul4u01]

Yeah Cul. Sometimes things surprise us how they work out eh?

Yes, HE works in mysterious ways, not always in the way one would expect.

 

[abdelhazred]

Yes, HE works in mysterious ways, not always in the way one would expect.

A comedian playing to an audience afraid to laugh?

It may be some sort of personal bias, but I find it hard to believe someone with a lot of power isn't interfering. It's just too strange the way things work out.

 

[halfsquelch]

I'll bite, here are photos from the vacation I returned from a few days ago and yes these are two separate mountain climbs.

photobucket shrank them all, oh well the originals are all about 40mb anyway.

 

[ndoghouse]

Man thats beautiful! Dumb question time...Where is that? If I brought my wife to that much cold she would flick my ears off! Looks like too much fun! Id love to camp in that myself!
Oh never mind...I see your from Alaska! Brrrrrr! Beautiful shots btw:thumbup:

 

[Bawanna]

Gorgeous country, kind of stands up on end a lot. In my youth I had plans to wander around up there some. Never panned out.

Nice pictures.

 

[halfsquelch]

The first three photos are from my Mount Marathon climb down in Seward and the last three are from a climb in the Chugach range just east of Anchorage, you can even see all of Anchorage in the second from the bottom... well at least you could before photobucket shrunk my picture.

 

[Gehazi]

very cool pictures squelch

 

[greenwoods]

Great folks, nice fish. Glad you had fun.

Mark

 

[cul4u01]

Those Alaskan pics are really nice, too bad photobucket shrank them.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Wow, you guys vacation it up right

As a guy in a seasonal business, summer vacation isn't really much of an option. BUT my wife works for the school system, so the only time she has off is in the summer. It usually means a stressful 3-4 day whirlwind trip where I get back to 480 messages on my desk despite my asking the office staff to just have the customer call me directly even though I'm on vacation.

Anyway...we took a day trip to the really nice Aquarium in Newport, KY and I drank too much good beer at the German restaurant. Then my wife and daughter came down with a bad summer cold and made the rest of the vacation fairly miserable

 

[dmcintyrelee]

Dang! Halfsquelch's high mountain shots got me inspired to share on my last adventure which was a 120mm film photo mission to Lower Mosquito lake in Mineral King California. Did a 15 mile day hike from 7200 feet to 10,500... rugged when your not a regular
high altitude hiker and when you realize that there is a pretty good difference between being 43years old and 34 years! (I am 43).

I packed my selection of analog shooters, several rolls of chrome and high contrast black and white film and of course my favorite adventure companion the AK Bowie. The weather was perfect for our weekend and the lake was alive with brook trout, no pics of fishing but the mountains and lake were incredible,, can't wait to get back and do the other side of the ridge.

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insanely fun trip!! These shots are all digitals from the trip, the film shots are for a photography show I am having here in Santa Cruz from Jan-March 2015... details coming soon!
thanks for letting me share

 

[dmcintyrelee]

I did however use my bowie to make a friend some chop sticks to eat with as he forgot his mess kit

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[Bawanna]

Darn pretty country. Lake just begs to have a fishin pole in hand.

 

[ndoghouse]

OK folks heres how you take a low budget vacation on the Texas Gulf coast. Bring enough food for the grandkids to be happy, about fifty gallons of fresh water, and as much block ice as you can pack in every orifice of the truck. I catch our own food and bait for the most part but we do bring a sack of taters, onions, garlic, p'nut oil and cornmeal. Nothing better than fresh fried seafood! We usually stay two weeks minimum and sometimes about a month. We get to know the local law enforcement and game wardens pretty well by the end of the vacation. It actually cost less for us to go on vacation than it does to stay home in the air condition. These pics are from a few years ago but it was my last vacation since my property and the old truck burned down. Sure miss it! Crappy cell phone pics but thats all I had at the time.

Here is typical camp setup. I use a parachute for the living room and kitchen and sleep in the back of the truck.

The kitchen setup. I made a custom crawfish burner and lantern tree for propane cooking but also cook on an open fire. In the winter i build the fire under the parachute and it stays pretty warm. If you pull the leaward side of the chute to the ground it cuts off the airflow through the camp but in hot weather you want airflow so I pull it up about a foot or so.

Surfboards tuck away in the roof of the truck and theres my wifes favorite spot!

A washed up coconut and roll of duct tape and they are happy as a clam!

Helping Mernie with the dishes.

Catch of the day! I speared this stingray and had its head pinned to the sand and still alive. I couldnt let it up and it was swimming around in circles and only had one spear so i had to get my wife to litteraly throw me another out in the surf to finish it off. We finally managed to get the job done and made a good dinner for several days. Makes good shark bait too. I caught two black tip sharks on it as well.

Fryed stingray and taters! mmmmmm!

Didnt have much to eat that morning.

Dogs enjoyed it.

A bit of windsurfing when the winds kicked up in the eve.

This is always a welcome time of the day during any Texas summer on the beach! Makes it all worth it! This is when the crabs get active and the fishing gets good!

Warming by the fire after a nite of stingray hunting. I use an underwater flashlight and a spear. You can usually see their tail sticking out of the sand and sometimes their eyes but they are masters of disguise and you have to be super careful. Well that was my last vacation and its about time for another!

 

[cul4u01]

Awesome Ndog, just awesome.

DMC - beautiful pics!

 

[dmcintyrelee]

Thanks cul... anxiously awaiting my film pics from a lab in SF...

and Ndog it's great to see another waver rider here in the HI community! aloha brother!