Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
(google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
Thanx for letting me babble.
oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
ozma...@gmail.com wrote:
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the
> Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big
> Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH
> soon.
> Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music
> with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand
> kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the
> way.
> Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
> ( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
> We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and
> following it down as the leaves change.
> This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto,
> WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of
> eagles,.........great color.
> Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
> Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage
> sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
> Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only
> town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with
> lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are
> birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at
> another favorite: Poopies.
> (google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
> SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
> Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with
> friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
> After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
> Thanx for letting me babble.
Great post!! hang in here and keep babbling!!! We need more of your type posts!!
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
> Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
> Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
> ( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
> We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
> This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
> Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
> Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
> Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
> (google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
> SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
> Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
> After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
> Thanx for letting me babble.
> oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
Glad to hear from you, Oz. I'm a bit surprised that a "Univ Prof" (I'm guessing that means a University Professor) wasn't a little more elaborate in his tales of wander. Some of us do like detail.
There once was a time of need for brevity in internet palaver but I think those days are mostly gone. Do come back and fill us in.
Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
(google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
Thanx for letting me babble.
oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
++++
oz,
For winter birding try the lower Rio Grande Valley. Lots of species down there and some can't be found in other parts of the US. They have 39,000+ RV sites, so you should be able to find something you like!
For summer fly fishing try the Yellowstone River. We stay here
http://www.mtrv.com/ A number of fly fishermen spend from a month to the whole summer fishing the streams in this area.
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:35:59 -0800 (PST), ozma...@gmail.com wrote:
>Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
>Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
>Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
>( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
>We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
>This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
>Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
>Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
>Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
>(google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
>SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
>Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
>After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
>Thanx for letting me babble.
>oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
Glad to see your post. It is most welcome as few folks here are
bothering to say much about their travels. OTOH there is a good
amount of knowledge to be tapped if wanted. There is an even bigger
base of opinion, good and bad. ;-) If politics bother you set a
filter for OT as anthing off the topic of RVing should be tagged that
way.
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:35:59 -0800 (PST), ozma...@gmail.com wrote:
>Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
Welcome and keep posting. Old codgers like me don't mind reading long
posts so feel free to be verbose. If you are ever in central Texas,
I'll treat you to two fingers of Laphroaig. (Islay malt)
Elliot Richmond
I AM Exercising! My nose is running!!!
--Mooch
On Nov 15, 5:58 pm, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
yahoo.com> wrote:
> > oz, whose passions are fly fishing,
> Do you use a dead hamster for bait? What do you do with the flies after you
> catch 'em?
Might work for northerns... a live hamster would work better. I used
to do some fly fishing... but back in those days if I didn't catch any
fish, I didn't get to eat. So I sold my split-bamboo fly rod and
regressed to fishing plastic jigs for walleye and smallies - almost as
much fun and I catch more fish.
On Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:35:59 PM UTC-5, ozm...@gmail.com wrote:
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
> ... (you may have guessed we are birders, also).
Have you ever visited Pelee Provincial Park in Ontario for the spring migration? It's not to be missed. Pelee is the southernmost point in Ontario which extends down into the lake and serves as an arrival point for thousands of birds on their flight north across Lake Erie. The narrowness of the point concentrates the birds and makes it a bird watcher's dream.
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
> Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
> Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
> ( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
> We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
> This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
> Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
> Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
> Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
> (google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
> SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
> Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
> After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
> Thanx for letting me babble.
> oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
Welcome.
If you are coming through Texas, are you aware that the Lower Rio Grande Valley is a birder's paradise? We just had the international birding festival a week ago. Folks come from all over the world to see the birds here. Lots of great opportunities and places.
If you do come through the area, my email address is valid. I have some birder friends I could hook you up with.
> On Nov 15, 5:58 pm, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> oz, whose passions are fly fishing,
>> Do you use a dead hamster for bait? What do you do with the flies
>> after you catch 'em?
> Might work for northerns... a live hamster would work better. I used
> to do some fly fishing... but back in those days if I didn't catch any
> fish, I didn't get to eat. So I sold my split-bamboo fly rod and
> regressed to fishing plastic jigs for walleye and smallies - almost as
> much fun and I catch more fish.
We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure things are different up there in the frozen north. Fly fishing with dead hamsters ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose. The fellow that learned me always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
On Nov 17, 1:01 am, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
yahoo.com> wrote:
> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure things
> are different up there in the frozen north.
They sure are... our smallies are as big as your largies. Ontario is a
big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
> Fly fishing with dead hamsters
> ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose.
Weak of nose?
> The fellow that learned me
> always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the
> local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
It's all in the wrist. I imagine you're a wee bit limp wristed...
Hank wrote:
> On Monday, November 19, 2012 2:01:20 PM UTC-5, David "The Hamster"
> Malone wrote:
>> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
>> David "The Hamster" Malone
> Now you're talking like the guy who is going to build a dome home. :-)
> Hank
You are talking like a guy that has never been up in the North Woods!!
4 of those suckers can carry off a child if nor watched!! :-)
In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not until I got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't kill them, but just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
> On Nov 17, 1:01 am, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure
>> things are different up there in the frozen north.
> They sure are... our smallies are as big as your largies. Ontario is a
> big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
Can't catch the wary ones, huh? A lot of you 'Tarions seem to be carrying away unwary sheep and blaming it on the skeeters. I can hear you now, "Honest, Officer. I was just helping that sheep over the fence..."
>> Fly fishing with dead hamsters
>> ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose.
> Weak of nose?
Only the nose knows.
>> The fellow that learned me
>> always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour
>> at the local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
> It's all in the wrist. I imagine you're a wee bit limp wristed...
I tried but it made me feel light in the loafers...
On Nov 19, 3:07 pm, "Tom J" <tomne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not until I
> got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't kill them, but
> just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
> On Monday, November 19, 2012 2:01:20 PM UTC-5, David "The Hamster" Malone wrote:
>> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
>> David "The Hamster" Malone
That reminds me of when we were recently at Angel Fire, NM, altitude 8200 ft. or so.
There seemed to be very few flies up there.
I wondered why until we stopped at a little store and lo and behold they had flies for sale. But at the price they were asking no wonder people weren't buying any.
> On Nov 19, 3:07 pm, "Tom J" <tomne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not
>> until I got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't
>> kill them, but just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
>>> In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not
>>> until I got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't
>>> kill them, but just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
>> Damnright.
>> Here's a picture of a northern mosquito trap...
