Wandering Words

Wild thoughts and mundane observation

On The 5th Day, It Was Summer

Heather | June 13, 2010

On the fifth day of the adventure, summer arrived. Gave Dave R a call for advice on floating the Rogue and he talked Roger through the Shady Cove to Tekelma float on the phone. Then he met us at the ramp and gave told a joke to make me blush, gave me a [...]

A change in the weather

Heather | June 12, 2010

After such a gorgeous day in the Klamath canyon, the next day was not looking so good. Squalls coming over the mountains looked suspiciously wicked. Since we had worked our way around the Klamath Basin and all the fishable water was muddy, we decided we may as well head for home and be [...]

The Williamson & The Klamath

Heather | June 11, 2010

On day 2 of the escape to Klamath basin, we decided to get Roger’s new RO driftboat baptized in some Oregon water. We headed for Chiloquin and dropped the boat over the bank into the Williamson River. The launch is just below where the Sprague river meets the Williamson at the town of Chiloquin. [...]

The Source

Heather | June 10, 2010

Are you Stumbling about in life, wondering what its all about? Feel like you should just put your head in a hole?

Well, pull your head out.

I pulled my head out in early June and was ready for my week of fishing. All forces conspired and spring runoff hit the rivers on the west [...]