Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Day 21
Woke at 6:30. 34 and sunny outside.
Dump station is still not open. If it isn’t open by Friday morning it will be another very expensive drive to the public dump in Sheridan. There is a guy I’ve talked to several times. He’s very talkative. At first I didn’t know he manages the campgrounds up here. He stopped the first time because of my truck’s plates. He moved here from Wisconsin Rapids, WI 35 years ago. He and the two campground hosts acted like they didn’t know why the dump is closed. I knew why. Seems odd.
Heard our camp host, Wendy I think, just went to the ER in Sheridan because of an injured back and shoulder.
Just took a drive to send an email and get the weather and sports. Looks like it’ll be July before it will be in the 70s.
Someone asked me what the bathrooms are like in the National Forest Campgrounds here in the Bighorns. This is typical.
A beautiful clear warm day.
The South Tongue River is still high but it is lower today. The water is clear. Fished from 11:30 to 1:30 and was surprised to catch 3 brook trout on a #16 Bead Head Hare’s ear. Caught 3 more brook trout from 6 to 7:30 pm on the same fly. I tried a dry fly first, a small stimulator, and two fish rose to it but rejected it after a close inspection.
Fishing is on but it’s supposed to cool down for a few days. It was close to 70 today and I never saw one cloud.
My collapsible grill I’m happy with.
Thursday, June 23, 2022. Day 22
Woke at 6:30. 41 and sunny outside. 61 at noon.
Painted all areas of my “Hills” painting this morning. Sometimes a layer can seem like a step backwards. This layer feels that way to me but hopefully it’s a good base. I’m thinking two more layers and then some dicking around to finish it.
Here are two photos of the same painting at the same time using different camera settings.
