Does time slow down for You just before the FUN begins? We're Goin' Fishin'!

Dean (the husband)  Shalane (the wife)

 
I am about to reveal to you one the nation's best kept secret.  LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA.   Oh my heck, I'm getting so excited!

We are eagerly looking forward to this weekend as we switch locations to one of our favorite places to go, Lincoln County, Nevada. For the next month we will be staying a the Eagle Valley Resort near Ursine, NV which is 20 miles east of Pioche, NV. When we were there last summer, I took a bunch of photos of Pioche.  We love this town!  Anyway, I made a little slide show of it, and I'll try to figure out how to post the link for you. :O)  Now if you are thinking that you have never heard of these towns, it's probably because Ursine has a population of like 50, and Pioche has less than a thousand. People living within a few miles from there probably haven't heard of them.  Anyway, we really enjoy the fishing that we do there almost every day. That's an understatement! :O)  We love to hike in the beautiful mountains in the area. It's crazy how much diversity in the landscape there is.  Even within one short day hike, you will see SO many different kinds of trees and rock formations.  If any of you are ever out that way within the month of July, look us up, and we'll take you for a hike.   Also, the people that we have met are some of the nicest anywhere. I couldn't believe that within the first week that we were there last summer, the ladies at the gas station already knew us by name and were ready go get us some worms when we walked through the door.

There are a lot of things I enjoy about staying in Lincoln County. One of them is the sunsets. Living in Las Vegas these past 10 months, it has been rare to ever even see the sun rise or set. There, the views are unencumbered by casinos and bright lights.  My father loved to paint, and enjoying these breathtaking skies each night inspired me and my wife to start as well. I spent many a day last summer working on this craft, trying to perfectly capture what nature presents. This is not an easy thing to do, but we had so much fun trying.  I couldn't believe how talented I was when I saw my first painting.  I said to myself, "Self, that's not to shabby!" hehe  Okay, so I'm not THAT great, but I am WAY better than I thought I would be, and it just goes to show that you never know what kind of stuff you can do 'till ya do it!    

To prepare for our trip, there are so many things that must get done. This is a remote place, so we have been stocking up on supplies that we anticipate we'll need. Yesterday evening I had a couple of new tires put on the front of the truck.  We need this for all the great Greendockin' we're gonna do!  Oh my goodness, did I tell you that I'm super excited!  I feel like a kid that's getting ready to go to Disneyworld.  Actually, even when I was a little girl, I would have been WAY more excited to go camping than to Disneyworld!   Everyday, we add a few more things to the list of things to do and to purchase. On top of the list now are new NV state fishing licenses. I had no idea I could buy them at Wal-Mart. I guess that really shouldn't surprise me.  Dean wrote his part of the blog earlier today.  Since then we have gone to and come back from Wal-mart and have gotten our yearly license.  WE ARE SET!  Tomorrow I will post a few more pictures of Lincoln County.  Until then, Happy Trails! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIFs46RNqI  (This is the Pioche, NV slide show that I made last summer.)