father's day fishing
met mom and dad at northfolk on a tuesday morning. seined a multitude of minnows in about an hour. fished anthony until early evening. and fished some more. folks headed home after I set up camp at blue bend. fished a little more under bridge and headed to white sulphur for flour and oil for my campfire fish fry. woke to rain wednesday morning. fished with the remaining minnows behind campwood. stopped by paradise for ice and to catch up on family news from the shinaberrys. hiked part of the loop trail with daisy. her tiredness and the stinging nettles along the trail convinced me to turn back early. cooled off at the swimming hole and de-camped. headed home via richmond and stagnant traffic on I-95. tired, but revitalized after a wonderful trip to the greatest place on earth.
tweedlebugs
have observed three praying mantids growing fast in the front yard over the last month. its like having my own tweedlebugs, only I don't feel the need to offer them thimbles for furniture. I just capture them in my lens now and again.
bob dylan
was one of the first to buy tickets for this concert. anticipation grew and grew until the day (june 14) finally arrived. the doublebill with willie nelson was my gift to james for his 33rd. after mountain biking all morning we headed to prince george's county to a little league sized stadium for the general admission affair. willie nelson was first and he rocked, playing all the crowd favorites. bob on the other hand was something else. he didn't sing with his signature voice, he didn't sing songs anyone knew, he growled more than sang, and he didn't play guitar. he did sing one song we knew (like a rolling stone, as the second encore), but he growled that too. I'll admit, he still rocks on the harmonica, but if you get a chance to see him, opt out.
rock climbing
james and I were finally able to get out with our own gear and climb without clients, campers or others. we started small with two climbs at carderock along the potomac called kindergarten and the nose. james tried out the spider walk too. then we rappelled down a 35 ft face. can't wait to do it again.
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