This morning one of the fishing guides was describing the radiation therapy his wife underwent after removal of tumors on her thyroid gland. She took some kind of radioactive pill and got to go home, but they had to take a lot of measures.

For 4 days she had to stay in one room with the door closed. He couldn't get within 10 feet of her. He'd set a tray of food on the bookcase, and then she'd come out of the room and get it. They couldn't use disposable dishes because that would make the trash radioactive. He had to put those dishes right into the dishwasher and run them through the longest cycle. After it was over, they had to wash down that room and the bathroom that she used. Water dissipates the radioactivity, which surprised me, but it's good to know.

Here is our big fish by the bridge, a rainbow trout.



This fishing pier was lost in the flood. We call it handicap fishing because the pulloff from the highway is marked with avatars to indicate wheelchair access and fishing. Everyone wants it to be replaced, but the Parks and Wildlife guys say they want to replace it in a place where conditions are right for actually catching fish. Regardless of the fishing potential there, I hope it will get replaced so people can get close to the river.



This is a camping trip in a 1 gallon bag: tent, space blankets, ponchos, water purifier, canteen, and a bunch of other stuff. Just add food. The latest from FEMA is rather than stockpile 72 hours worth of supplies, it needs to be 5 days worth because that's how long it took for some people to get help in some of the recent major disasters.

The river isn't changing much these days until the leaves start to emerge.