Living

with Jim and Gayle

October, 2025

Once we got past the first two weeks of fishing, we had an enjoyable season.  The river continued to be warm so there weren't as many salmon in the Hanford Reach as predicted.  However, in 10 trips, we caught 9 fish so we were happy.

One day as we were launching the boat, the motor tilt failed.  The little check valve fell out.  We picked up the part and returned home so that Jim could try to fix it.  He found that a very small piece was missing.  Not feeling very hopeful about finding it on the rocky shoreline where we launched, we went back to try.  While looking for it, a guide who was waiting in the launch picked something up and asked"is this it?".  YES, it was.



Bo couldn't quite figure out where he wanted to be when we were in the trailer.


I bought Bo 2 "enrichment" toys.  So far, he is simply using brute force and luck to find the treats.  He'll have to wait until spring now to learn how they work because they were too big to pack.