Back to Reality

With more snow on the way and afternoon temperatures falling to -21C mid afternoon tomorrow, it appears that lift off at 3:30 is about right. Well played. This is the first year that there has been snow on the ground and cold temperatures as we fly to New Zealand.  Not every day of our trip will be blessed with lots of big, fat, rising fish. In fact, as we have our sights on some tiny tributary water, we may not find many fish many days. That's the risk we're willing to take for some neat experiences. Some days we'll cover 2km of water just to hit a dead end and hike out early, others we'll hike 25km on some wind swept tussock plateau.And others, well, we'll find ourselves on some old favorites. We've got Google Earth laden with bookmarks, some dark lines of spring creeks that flow into bigger rivers that we'll explore, we've highlighted gorge sections of mid sized rivers, and we have a few lakes set up that we hope will offer some good sight fishing for cruising trout. It's a different kind of reality we live in, able to do this kind of a trip each year. There's pros and cons to the lifestyle. It's one we've chosen based on us, our marriage, no kids, no dogs. It can be a lot of fun. It's our reality, and one we really like. So, this will be it for a day or two as we head...