Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado...that's where we are going for a one week vacation. Jen and I spent the whole weekend preparing for our upcoming vacation with her immediate family (about 11 of us all together).
Jen and I plan on the usual itinerary of some fishing, some photography, some hiking, and hopefully a lot of smiles, relaxation, deepening of my zen practice, and checking out some local watering holes. We also hope to add the greenback cutthroat to our species list, and the potential additional twist of catching some on my 13' Tenkara Ayu rod that I have recently been fishing with that I bought from Kinni Creek Outfitters. I don't think that will be too hard, especially since Jen and I booked a 6-hour trip with a local guide from Kirk's Fly shop that was recommended to us by my fellow Tenkara buddy, Eric.
We are adding another twist to this vacation in that Jen her younger sister will be in the Highlander with all the stuff for the vacation and the brother-in- law and I will be riding separately on our motorcycles out there. I've got a '08 Yamaha Raider 1900, and Troy has a Harley Davidson Fat Boy (96cc I think. I'm used to metric engine sizes and not sure how that works for a Harley. Using the Harley engine measurements, I think mine is a 113). But I digress and it doesn't really matter cause, they are cycles and we are riding. This trip should be a a great adventure.
Oh and another thing, about five miles away, is a small 13-acre lake I loaded with trout that I want to visit due to it's name, Sprague Lake. Sprague is one of the six or so spellings our family has that I found while do a lot of research on Ancestry.com, and thought it would be neat to see and maybe take some photos while fishing. The adventure starts this Friday! We will be staying at Moraine campground, which from what I have read, is very very basic, which is the way we like it, Perfect!
The proposed route is the most direct route, but should be a heck of a lot more scenic then going through Nebraska. We'll be going west via I-90 and have several of us meet up in Sioux City, SD for the night. Then continue on through the bad lands the next day towards Rapid City or Cheyenne for Saturday night, and finishing up the drive to arrive at the campsite Sunday morning-ish for check-in.
Updates on Operation Schultz Family Vacation 2012 to be continued.
Jen and I plan on the usual itinerary of some fishing, some photography, some hiking, and hopefully a lot of smiles, relaxation, deepening of my zen practice, and checking out some local watering holes. We also hope to add the greenback cutthroat to our species list, and the potential additional twist of catching some on my 13' Tenkara Ayu rod that I have recently been fishing with that I bought from Kinni Creek Outfitters. I don't think that will be too hard, especially since Jen and I booked a 6-hour trip with a local guide from Kirk's Fly shop that was recommended to us by my fellow Tenkara buddy, Eric.
We are adding another twist to this vacation in that Jen her younger sister will be in the Highlander with all the stuff for the vacation and the brother-in- law and I will be riding separately on our motorcycles out there. I've got a '08 Yamaha Raider 1900, and Troy has a Harley Davidson Fat Boy (96cc I think. I'm used to metric engine sizes and not sure how that works for a Harley. Using the Harley engine measurements, I think mine is a 113). But I digress and it doesn't really matter cause, they are cycles and we are riding. This trip should be a a great adventure.
Oh and another thing, about five miles away, is a small 13-acre lake I loaded with trout that I want to visit due to it's name, Sprague Lake. Sprague is one of the six or so spellings our family has that I found while do a lot of research on Ancestry.com, and thought it would be neat to see and maybe take some photos while fishing. The adventure starts this Friday! We will be staying at Moraine campground, which from what I have read, is very very basic, which is the way we like it, Perfect!
The proposed route is the most direct route, but should be a heck of a lot more scenic then going through Nebraska. We'll be going west via I-90 and have several of us meet up in Sioux City, SD for the night. Then continue on through the bad lands the next day towards Rapid City or Cheyenne for Saturday night, and finishing up the drive to arrive at the campsite Sunday morning-ish for check-in.
Updates on Operation Schultz Family Vacation 2012 to be continued.
