Moving on....

Now that's a lot of Deer. And these aren't your Choteau Street eat your flowers and trees variety, they're actually wild and here in Montana that distinction is sometimes kinda blurred.

So I have this theory....with our lifestyle of changing locations with the seasons like a lot of things in nature it helps you get perspective. What it does is that we always have newness . When you go from Alaska to Montana to Mexico to the lake, the river , the mountains you see it differently each time. unfortunately we also seem to get to looking at most things as they become routine....and there's the rub, we gotta see the wonder......so me and MP took a bit of a road trip yesterday to say adios for a few months to our new neighborhood. Unlike the road system in Alaska where you can go north or south and not for very far here there's county roads everywhere. new discoveries. We crossed the Lincoln road in the Helena Valley onto Chevilier Dr. and Walla,  as we drove along the Dearborn River for 20 miles we saw just two cars, er,,,,,trucks. It's gorgeous.

We louped over to Interstate 15 at the wayside of Sebian where we off ramped at Spring Creek and ran the recreation road up to the mighty Mo north of Wolf Creek...It was sunny but cool and the wind was bright . Even though it's off season there were maybe 50 boats floating this part of the river. As I snapped the pic of these three guys I actually shivered  knowing that feeling of being in an unprotected boat with every bit of clothing you have on and loving every minute of it and maybe even like these guys paying for it.

They call those drift boats here but they're really more like a pram developed and built for these type of rivers. Considering what they charge for guided fishing here if it were me I'd be looking at having one built for 4 people just as Willie Boats did for the Kasilof and Kenai....so then you take $350.00 X 4 , then throw in catch and release only and no fuel or sales Tax as well as no State Park fees or insurance requirements and by jiminy I think you could make some lettuce at this deal....just my perspective of course, the theme of this blog entry. And oh...the boat launch is free....unless, you're this guy.

Well , enough on that rambling commentary on the State of guided fishing here on the Mighty Mo. So, MPeasy and Measy will be jumping the jet real soon for our Mexico home and there's new stuff to experience for sure, the flows of life. For one thing it will be 85 degrees and sunny. We'll see how it goes but being there a little earlier this year with the warmer water I'll have a good chance of catching the roosterfish that surf fishermen like me are obsessed with. I'll carry my large road and throw the topwater the first week while I scout around.

That's my ' Mexico Pile ' from a few years back. I always put my gear out as I remember what I'll need as we get closer to traveling. This next pic is this years pile...it might be new but I guess it's comfortably familiar at the same time...

Hope ya all come back, I'm going to write more and fish harder so fish pics to come .....Adios.