A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP  We slept very well last night, awoke, and had a continental breakfast before doing laundry and cleaning the RV. Dick and Carolyn Todd came over for a lunch of grilled ham and cheese sandwiches with homemade vegetable beef soup.

FISHING FOR NATIVE TROUT After lunch, Dick went with us to the Big Horn Mountains to fish. We tried Tie reservoir first, but Donald wore a blister on each foot by wearing no socks in dry wading boots. Since it was a long way down the canyon to fishable water, he returned to the truck instead. As we were readying to leave, Kay leaned her rod against the truck and the wind blew it into the door and blew the door closed. Obviously, the rod broke–not a good start for a fishing adventure. We brought three rods for the trip–two 5-weights and 2-weight; now, we’re down to the 5-weight and the 2-weight. We moved to the Middle Fork of Clear Creek and fished the little stream with thick cover on both sides. Donald managed to catch two fish on a flying ant and a regular ant, respectively, in the tight confines of the creek, and Kay almost ran into an elk walking from one fishing spot to another. Dick also managed to catch two fish. We then drove up towards the pass, and came upon a nice high valley containing Crazy Woman’s Creek. Donald caught two more fish, and missed 10, all rising to hatches. We’ll definitely try it again tomorrow.

Donald drove Dick back to the ranch, and upon returning, we had a nice quiet dinner of red beans, rice, and sausage, then ice cream at the office.