Tag Archives: travel

Ruminations (Salmon River)

Posted on October 29, 2020 by

I had sworn off October visits to the Salmon River long ago, but when a friend invites me to go fishing with him I do not decline unless I’m sick, already anchored to a schedule by divine authority, or dying. … Continue reading →

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Thoreau’s Cape Cod

Posted on October 16, 2020 by

The kids arranged a pleasant cottage rental for us on Cape Cod. The large pitch pines and pin oaks standing by the roadside in the Town of Dennis caught the pre-dawn hooting of a great horned owl and staged the … Continue reading →

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“Fishing and Eating in Saloons”

Posted on September 12, 2020 by

[Part 4, the last in my Rocky Mountains series for 2020.] The sportswriter Red Smith and his small son were fishing in the north woods long ago and would customarily break for lunch in a local tavern. At one point, … Continue reading →

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Feral Thoughts, Wyoming

Posted on August 28, 2020 by

[Part 2 in a 4-part series on a Rocky Mountain tour & camp-out with my daughter.] We immersed ourselves for a much needed bath in the cool waters of the Snake River, near our Station Creek campsite. Our next move … Continue reading →

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Mountain Times, Colorado

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

[The first in a 4-part series that reflects a recent road trip, camping with my daughter through the mountains of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. I hope you enjoy the ride.] Our first Colorado night was spent in Monument at Terry’s … Continue reading →

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The Hemlock Grove

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

Preparing for a long road trip into western places where I like to believe that a fly-fishing spirit can really soar at times like this, it’s good to remind myself that one needn’t go far in order to find a … Continue reading →

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Transitions

Posted on July 17, 2020 by

Anticipating an August road trip out West, I recalled several earlier trips taken with my wife and kids– one trip just two years ago, and others, oh, way back… Perhaps the highlight of one westward transition occurred as we stopped … Continue reading →

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Narragansett

Posted on July 10, 2020 by

My quest for saltwater species taken with a fly rod continued to elude me, defying all odds, on coastal Rhode Island. There were no fish seen or caught in my pleasant trials along Quonnie Pond, at the sand bar on … Continue reading →

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Halfway Lake

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

The small seven-acre lake was a good choice for a meeting of the clans. My son and his wife would drive north from Arlington, VA to meet us at Halfway Lake, a feature of Raymond B. Winter State Park in … Continue reading →

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Between the River and the Rail

Posted on May 13, 2020 by

Railroad fever gripped the nation during the latter decades of the nineteenth-century. As the New York and Pennsylvania timber and tanning industries burgeoned from dreams of endless forest and mineral wealth, many towns in the region clamored for a train … Continue reading →

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