we went to boulder to visit my friend mark joseph and his daughter cassidy joseph.
the plan:
1. lunch at lucile's (gio and i love this restaurant for it's sweet potato & crab bisque...and it's the resturant we went to for our first date...oooohhhh)
2. go fishing at mark josephs favorite fishin' spot
when i talked to mark joseph before we headed up he had mentioned that the news said that it was supposed to rain all afternoon. if you haven't lived in colorado, or that you might live on the east coast, this might seem like it could be a true statement, for as i am a nine year veteran of the high dessert prairie "raining all afternoon" usually means: it will rain for maybe an hour and then move on....
we got to the fishing spot around two o'clock and had to leave by four. fishing called due to heavy rain, thunder and lightening.
but we had two hours to try to catch a fish. now there is photographic proof of sizeable fish being caught at this lake...before we left mjs house he showed us a photo of a fish about the size of the length of his chest.....
as you can see the only fish caught was ....a little smaller?
casidy joseph took me on a tour around the edge of the lake to show me all the areas i shouldn't fish - due to large rocks where you could snag your line.....shallow areas where you could snag your line.....outlets that were too small for two people to fish at......etc....she very cautious about snagging her line....cass is funny
we met back up with the men after we finished our circuit. it was raining so hard that we all got under a shelter and mark joseph and gio keep fishing for a bit more......
then there was the trip home. the half hour trip turned into one hour and fifteen minutes of driving hell.... water was everywhere falling from the sky and splashing up from all the puddles....skidding all over the road and idiots.....the news when we got home was saying two to four inches an hour and the storm had already been going on for five hours....we made it home safe and wet....hot bath, tea, a pizza pie from around the corner and "family guy" made the evening great!!
when i got back to my house i couldn't figure out what smelt and why there were books and pieces of fabric hanging all around? oh, the basement flooded! right now i'm airing out the house, oh well..... i'm still in great spirits!!!