coastie99
Enlightened Member
GardMan said:HoboKen,
We have ridden the Silverton a couple of times... a wonderful ride. Did it once in the late fall, with the aspens turning gold and a light touch of snow. A mite cold, but gorgeous.
This summer we will be returning to a guest ranch we stayed at 2 years ago, on the Conejos River just off the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR... For a week, my wife and girls ride horses all day, I fish all day, will chase the steam train for a morning, and am learning some cowboy tunes so that I can play a short set during the "talent evening." Plus, there are zillions of humming birds to photograph! One of my coolest memories is getting a hummer to sit on my finger while it fed at the feeder...
...and, not to make you envious, but I'll be heading up to the Green River Sun and Mon for the Blue Wing Olive hatch. 10 yrs ago, a couple of my buddies and I chipped in and bought a used Clackcraft drift boat. I average 8-10 days a year on the Green... we have one spring trip that is a 19 year tradition. So, when you do make it out here, you should definitely look me up. If I can't get you to the Green, I know a number of small streams close enough for a day trip from SLC...
And Coastie... your beautiful country is on my list of places to visit (and fish) before I die. When I was (quite a bit) younger, one of my heroes was Sir Edmund Hillary (isn't he a native NZer?)... But you do know that all those famous New Zealand Rainbow Trout hail from California, don't you? (probably from the McCloud or Feather River)
Dave
Hummingbirds !
How cool; such gorgeous little creatures.
Yep, Ed's one of us.
He's spent a great deal of his life since climbing Everest, establishing educational facilities and such-like in Nepal.
Truly a very fine human being.