After a week of shoveling, Tuesday afternoon Granny and I loaded my 1991 Explorer and headed south for Arizona.  We didn’t head south because of the snow but rather because we each have some time off.  Originally we were scheduled to work the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show in CA but that cancelled like just about all my shows have.

Our drive was far from easy.  The snow we’ve gotten in Victor, ID spread a long way south.  In fact, the roads in Utah were so bad we drove three hours west to avoid them.  We took the entire Route 93 North to South from Twin Falls, ID to Las Vegas.  It’s a lonely drive but for that reason, also one of my favorites.  We always make a point to check out a new town with lunch and a beer.  This is Ely, Nevada.  We also made a stop in Pioche.

While the first night we stayed at a hotel in Wells, Nevada because it was brutally cold and windy, last night was our first camping in the back of the Explorer of the year.  We had a beautiful view overlooking Bullhead City, AZ.  It was cold but Granny cooked up some brats and they kept us warm all night.  The bottle of red probably helped too!

I got up before sunrise and French pressed some coffee and we sat and watched the sunrise.  It was by no means warm but it warmed up significantly as the sun rose.  Enough that we put away our winter clothes and put on the flipflops before heading further south to Phoenix.  We arrived in Phoenix at 3 this afternoon and we’ll be here a week carp fishing with our friends Steve and Lisa Berry.

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing