Not much to report. After five full days of driving in a minimum of 90 degrees I felt spent. I’m not 50 anymore. I hiked down to the river, fished an hour and a half and went back to my trailer and drank several bottles of water and slept for an hour or two.

A day or two ago I posted a video of a man catching a 30 inch brown trout. I watched that guy for a bit today. I had walked behind him next to shore and listened to him scold his client a little bit. His client may have been fly fishing for the first time but caught a couple of fish. Anyway, I walked about fifty feet by him right next to the bank. A guy coming from the other direction asked me “Is that Andy?” We talked briefly and I said that I had seen a video of a guy catching a 30 inch brown trout. He said “That’s him, Andy Kim. They call him the “Trout Vacuum””. The guy was very nice. He showed me the flies to use. They were tied by Andy. I had never seen a fisherman carrying so much high end gear as the guy I was talking to. . I would say more than half of fly fisherman wear a vest and most of the others have some kind of small backpack or sling.

There were maybe 10 fisherman today. Most were sight-fishing, standing on the bank or just in the river, and casting short distances to cruising trout. Tomorrow I’ll give that a shot.

Not going to fish today. I meant to get a tube of sunscreen while in Aztec NM yesterday evening but forgot. I’ve always planned on visiting Canyon de Chelly, pronounced de SHAY like Shea Stadium, so I’m going to go there today and pick the sunscreen up during the trip.

Here is a link for a little info on Canyon de Chelly

It’s a four hour drive to Cottonwood Campground on the San Juan River. Check-in isn’t until 4 pm so I can relax a little bit this morning.

Here is a photo from today’s drive across northern New Mexico, a beautiful area.

Was setup at around 4 at my site at Cottonwood Campground in Navajo Lake State Park.

Here is a YouTube link that shows the possibilities. This guide caught this monster on a $50, Walmart rod and reel combination.

and this is what they eat. This is my San Juan River fly box

Made it to Cimarron Canyon State Park in New Mexico. My campsite is quite the disappointment but I’ll only be here for around 16 hours. The canyon is beautiful and if I wasn’t dragging a trailer and instead was tent camping I would be in a beautiful campground. I am in a parking lot. Oh well.

I’m camped at North Sterling State Park in northeast Colorado for one night. I have camped here and at this campsite 4 times now. Right now, 5 pm, it’s 102 degrees. Three years made a difference in cell phone coverage. I only noticed one spot the last two days where I didn’t have a signal.

Tomorrow I have about a seven hour drive straight south to Cimarron Canyon State Park in northeast New Mexico. I hope to get there early enough and feeling fresh enough to fish the Cimarron River for an hour or two. I’ve been there but never camped or fished in the canyon. It’s a beautiful spot.

It was a ten hour drive to my campsite at Louisville State Recreation Area near Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nebraska Cornhuskers play here tomorrow. It’s supposed to be 100 degrees by the fourth quarter. Tomorrow will only be about a six hour drive to North Sterling State Park in northeast Colorado. I’ve stayed there several times.