Fly Fishing

It was a brisk & windy May day when myself, my husband and his good friend & pro fisherman Zach, went for a little fly fishing jaunt up at the Upper Story Lake in Paradise Valley. It's a beautiful private lake which Zach takes clients from all over the country to fish. These photos are going to be used on his guiding website & also for other various stock assignments. The guys caught a total of 6 Rainbow Trout. They were all super healthy with beautiful color and pretty good sized. The largest fish measuring in at 19 inches! Here is some of the documentation I captured of this relaxing & artful outdoor sport... :) The view of the lake as we were leaving that evening. It was beautiful.

A Wintery First Day of Spring

We had a major dumping of heavy, wet snow all day yesterday. And now today, marking the "first day of spring", we have wind & very chilly 30 degree temps. Ha. So much for that! I feel like Montana needs a special calendar for these markings of season intro's..... And they'd all be like a month or two later. Except for winter, of course. ;)

Anyway, last night the clouds finally cleared & we had the most beautiful sunset and light that only lasted like 15/20 minutes. So naturally, I ran outside and shot as many photos as I could while this lovely-ness lasted. It was like everywhere I turned, something gorgeous was gleaming with light & color....

San Francisco

I left my heart (and lots of money) in San Francisco.

It was an absolutely incredible trip filled with fun & laughter with my bff from childhood (Michelle), lots of exploring, shopping and AMAZING food. Oh, the food. From Chinese cuisine in Chinatown, to some seriously authentic Mexican food in a supposed "sketchy" part of town, according to our cabbie.... "Just don't go any further up that street. Stay on this side and you'll be ok". ??? Whaaa? Ok then. The pork tacos were totally worth the scare. Ha! We also had some awesome award winning pizza in the Italian District. One of which was featured on the Food Network! So cool. Anyway, if you couldn't tell, other than hanging out & catching up with my best friend, the food was the highlight of this trip.

Time for some photos! Here are some things I liked the looks of while touring this wonderfully crazy city.... Oh, and THANK YOU so much, Michelle for being the best tour guide a person could ask for!!! I love you!!





Chinatown














Beach Chalet/ North Beach. Delicious Dungeness Crab Benedict. Mmmmm....











The Painted Ladies & opening credits scene from Michelle & I's favorite TV show as kids, Full House :)



The GGB







Fisherman's Wharf. Where lots of random, weird performances & such were taking place. Quite entertaining.



We had a really awesome spicy fried fish sandwich on the wharf.













Fresh baked bread from Boudin Bakery



Union Square



Just some Cityscapes....







Awesome Italian din on our last night in the city







Bye, bye SF. Until next time..... :)