As much as I hate to leave home during the gorgeous month of May, I’m on my way to Colombia and I am stoked. To be more specific, I’m headed to Darien Lodge which is in the Darien Gap on the Pacific Ocean side of Colombia. The lodge is not far from the border of Panama where back in 1993 Granny and I fished Piñas Bay.
This is my first time setting foot in Colombia and it will be either my 64th or 65th country that I’ve fished in. The reason I’m here is I got the invite from buddy Ben Furimsky, President/CEO of The Fly Fishing Show. Ben put together a small group of friends and he got me in touch with the Lodge and I worked out a deal which in return I’ll be delivering my usual day by day accounts on my blog.
I left my house at 1:50 AM this morning and caught the 5:29 flight out of Duluth, MN to Minneapolis. Next it’s to Miami. Then to Medellin, Colombia. If all flights go well I land in Medellin at 9:16 PM and I’ll be able to say I woke up in my own bed and went to sleep in Colombia in the same day. Incredible when you think about it.
I’ve had so many bad weather flight experiences in my years of travel I’m going a day early as is Ben. This not only assures getting to Colombia on time for our charter flight on Thursday but also gives us a day to explore Medellin. I don’t know much about this South American city but it will be a new experience and new experience is what drives this maniac fly fisher!
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