I'm so bummed
The wife and I only got out once this year in our tt for ONE night last March. It was going to be two nights but the wind was blowing so hard it was miserable on the second day so we just came home ea...
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I farm for a living and planning summer trips will never be in the cards for me as long as I farm. Not complaining, I'm blessed to be able to make my living this way, but Ive never had a proper summer vacation. I can kind of look at the calender and tell when I'm going to be in an in-between time on the farm but the problem is irrigation. The crops never stop needing it and it makes it tough to get away.
With my work schedule I like to get 3 maybe 4 weekend trips a year. I'll just lay out what I do so other Northwest types can follow along.
One trip up to Long lake below Potholes resevoir in mid March for one or two nights. Campfire, listening to owls, geese and coyotes, then a walk in to fish Janet lake for a trout or two.
Second trip, late April to the Tucannon area in the Blue Mountains for more campfires and fishing for easy trout, hike to the top of a nearby hill for excercise and views.
Third trip mid July or right after Labor day in September. These are the tricky ones due to harvest and water needs on the farm. Usually somewhere in the Cascades.
One trip I sometimes try to squeeze in, and its a favorite time for me is the begining of October,the weekend before the Modern Firearm Deer season. Great time of year, nobodies out camping, beautiful weather.
Last weekend and another weekend at the end of October we had plans to spend one night at Lower Monumental Dam on the Snake. Campfire, fish for Steelhead, hike up to the railroad tunnel. But strong winds of the +40mph variety had us canceling those trips. I'm an active guy, and though I do enjoy the time to get some reading in I hate to be forced into the tt due to cruddy weather outside.
With my work schedule I like to get 3 maybe 4 weekend trips a year. I'll just lay out what I do so other Northwest types can follow along.
One trip up to Long lake below Potholes resevoir in mid March for one or two nights. Campfire, listening to owls, geese and coyotes, then a walk in to fish Janet lake for a trout or two.
Second trip, late April to the Tucannon area in the Blue Mountains for more campfires and fishing for easy trout, hike to the top of a nearby hill for excercise and views.
Third trip mid July or right after Labor day in September. These are the tricky ones due to harvest and water needs on the farm. Usually somewhere in the Cascades.
One trip I sometimes try to squeeze in, and its a favorite time for me is the begining of October,the weekend before the Modern Firearm Deer season. Great time of year, nobodies out camping, beautiful weather.
Last weekend and another weekend at the end of October we had plans to spend one night at Lower Monumental Dam on the Snake. Campfire, fish for Steelhead, hike up to the railroad tunnel. But strong winds of the +40mph variety had us canceling those trips. I'm an active guy, and though I do enjoy the time to get some reading in I hate to be forced into the tt due to cruddy weather outside.
