Catching up to do.

Summer turned to Fall, and I wonder why I am always apologizing for not posting often enough? But the blog changes along with my life. Here’s a no so quick recap. I had a great summer guiding for The Lodge at Palisades Creek. I guided all of my (excellent) return clients and made some new friends as well. The South Fork fished very well this summer thanks to lots of snow over the winter and the resulting full reservoir. I feel blessed to have such a great river to work on, clients that keep coming back, and a lodge that works hard to create an excellent environment for guests and employees alike. If you want to come visit for 2011 contact Justin or Rayna at www.tlapc.com.

For those of you who know me or have kept up with the blog over the years you know that guiding is only one of three or four jobs I have at any one time. My family also owns the car wash in Victor www.victorcarwash.com, and since I am the only family member that resides in Teton Valley, well you guessed it, I run the place. The summer of 2010 was our second full summer of ownership and from a maintenance standpoint the car wash did excellent. We had almost no down time all summer. My Dad took charge of the only downtime I can remember when a few critical high pressure hoses needed to be replaced. Geno had the place up and running again in short order. Thanks to all our customers, if you all keep coming by we promise to keep the car wash clean, safe, reliable, and effective.

Real Estate was slow for me this summer. It’s a catch 22 as I don’t really have a lot of time to devote to it and the time I have spent doing it has not been paying the bills. It’s hard because the real estate work I have done the last few years has been really enjoyable but I just haven’t been putting enough deals together to do it full time. So I continue to help friends and family if they have real estate needs and I get the occasional referral. I will keep at it and when the market starts to return I hope to be able to do real estate full time.

So what to do for the winter? Thank goodness for my old employer and friend Michael Lynch at www.intheholegolf.com. I first worked for Michael the winter of 2004-2005 helping him run his then small e-commerce site. Last year I helped out in customer service a whopping 12 hours a week, but this winter I will be there full time. Michael had a full time position open up just as my guide season came to a close and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. In The Hole! Golf has grown leaps and bounds since I first worked there, pretty amazing what Michael has been able to accomplish. So if you need help with any golf supplies check it out www.intheholegolf.com.

Our son Grady continues to grow up fast and amazes us everyday. He has a great sense of humor. We had some good times this summer. I think if he was writing this he would want me to mention riding in Pat’s dump truck, going on bike rides on his new “Strider” bike and going over to our neighbor’s house…he loves Ken and Lois! Too much fun stuff to mention but I will be sure to post some videos and pictures.

I promise to update the blog a little more now, besides I have more stuff to share, I just got some new skis and have a little discussion to start about the difference between Alpine Touring gear and Telemark gear….stay tuned.