The Grand Ronde

This summer we spent our second camping trip
on the Grand Ronde river. We managed to pull together the entire family: Me, Bess, Katie, Pregnant Emily, Joe, and Kaleb all loaded up our two vehicles and found the perfect spot to camp and fly fish. We had a blast spending two nights away from civilization and enjoying the great outdoors! It was mid June and the weather wasnt super hot yet, but good enough to keep the water warm enough to stand in throughout the day. The nights were pretty cold but we had a blazing fire that kept us nice and warm. It was really a fun trip.

We had a really good time showing Kaleb how to fish. This was pretty much his first time catching fish and playing with the fishing pole. He caught on quickly! He's definately my grandson! Joe had a really good time showing him how to fish as well. He let Kaleb take his fly rod and reel in the fish on most of the fish he hooked. Kaleb loved it.

We had such a great time that it really paved the way for the whole summer. We ended up camping several more times with the whole family again (including the newest addition, Cameron Joyce Whitney born June 30th, 2008). We camped all over and participated in lots of activities from fishing, gold mining, riding the honda trail 90, and just being outdoors! We all cant wait to get out next summer and make another summer of camping! (once I get back from Alaska that is!!)

Steelhead Fishing

I love to fish! Here are a few pictures of me and my family steelhead fishing. This year has been pretty good, we have caught several fish and kept the smoker busy this year!

Every so often I can talk Emily or Katie into fishing with me (they love anything to get them out of school or work!). They are good company though and we enjoy the time together.

This year I have been going with my son-in-law Joe. He caught his first steelhead this year and has been hooked since! We have a lot of fun on the boat making jokes and waiting it out! We can even usually talk one of our wives to go get McDonalds for us and deliver it to the dock! First class service!

Although fishing has been really good already this year, we look forward to getting out there even more and enjoying the fight of the catch!