Reality Break
It's too early to drift a dry fly, but I needed to anyway. Sometimes it's good to take a break from reality, and focus on something healthy for the body...and to give yourself a mental break as well. That's what I've been doing the last few days, taking a break. The best type of break for me is a road trip down a two-lane road. Might as well include a trout stream too. I was needing to step into some flowing water in a pretty mountain setting. My trip this week is one of my favorite drives, and so too is the little mountain village I enjoyed during my stay. The road takes you along some straight stretches of landscapes that are wide open grasslands with ranch gates, separated by many miles. The Ponderosa Ranch has nothing on these cattle spreads. And it's not uncommon to see cowboys on horseback herding cattle in the middle of nowhere which speaks to what the West has always been about. Yup, the place is a throwback to an earlier century. And then. As you're ro...
