We are in beautiful Colorado this weekend. My friend and former client Jimmy (does anyone have a good place to dove hunt next weekend? Jimmy asked and I need to return the favor if possible) has a very lovely house in Pagosa Springs that sits on the San Juan river north of town. We came here last year on Labor Day and had a blast. Jimmy was nice enough to allow us to use his house again this year. Those of you who know me well know that if I could live anywhere in the world it would be in Pagosa Springs. My love affair with Pagosa began when I was in high school and my dad would bring me and my brothers up here to go fishing in the wilderness. We also spent a few Christmas here over the years skiing, snowmobiling, and just enjoying life.
Anyway, enough about my nostalgia about my upbringing and on to Eli's. This is our first attempt at posting a video. I took these two videos on my camera phone and beamed them to my computer for posting. Because it was on my camera phone the phone was cutting my video off at 16 seconds. So, here are two videos I just took of Eli catching his first fish. Technically, I caught it but he reeled it in. Eli has a problem keeping his hook in the water! Anyhow, because I was videoing and helping, you don't get the "whole" video. Nonetheless, it is pretty funny. My favorite part is Eli yelling to me for help!
Eli recounted the catching of this fish to Jordan about an hour after we caught it this afternoon. "I caught a fish and it was bigger than the house...I pulled it out of the water and it landed on top of me. "It was a whale, so we had to put it back in the water." Actually, you have to catch and release in this subdivision...a rule I didn't know last year and later learned caused a stir in the neighborhood since I caught and ate four. This year there are plenty of signs to remind me! This probably explains why I probably caught the biggest rainbow of my life yesterday afternoon when we arrived. I will post pictures later as they were taken on our camera and we don't have a way of getting the pictures off until we get home.
Here are some pictures taken today (Sunday) from my camera phone.
Brad
7 comments:
Way to go, Eli! Sorry your dad did such an editing job on that video to make the fish look so much smaller. Don't worry, I believe you.
Wow! I'm so excited you are having such a great weekend! Well-deserved, I must say!!!
Call when you get back!
D'Lynn
Wow - sounds wonderful. Too bad you can't keep the fish. This video of Eli is great - I love his little voice! I am going to miss him this year!
Heather
I can't wait to hear his fish story on Tuesday.
I think I have the CUTEST nephew and niece EVER!!!!
I need to see them soon!
Love you all!
Aunt Carrie
What a fun trip! :) Eli looks like he had the time of his life!
Hey McCall's! I was so excited to see one of my friends had your blog linked to hers. I run into people all the time that know you guys here. I get info on how all of you are doing through others. But I will be excited to hear it from you.
Julie Guffey
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