Blogger's Gonna Blog

Slater's gonna Slate, Daver's gonna Dave, Blogger's gonna blog. You know how it is.

Daylight savings time this weekend. Which means that it's not super dark out at 7am. But it is very dark out at 5pm.

You know what's kinda funny? The whole "gain an hour" "lose an hour" thing. I go back and forth on this. So this weekend we "gain an hour." Which is cool. Weather's getting colder, days are getting shorter, but at least we gain an hour, right? But it's not like an hour of sleep. It just means that Sunday is an hour longer, right? That's the compensation we get for it being dark at 4:30pm from December through February.

But I think it's just a mindset. Gain an hour, lose an hour, whatever. You gotta have the right attitude about it. But frankly, it's hard to have a good attitude about it getting dark so early. That's just life in the North right? We'll be ok.

Here's another nice photo of a sunset to mark the passing of the seasons.

So I'm blogging on my new computer. Well, new as of like three years ago. Now, I don't have nearly as many photos and music on this computer as I do on my old computer. I do have them all on an external hard drive, so I could dump them on this computer, but I don't really want to. Good to have a new file system, a new mess of unorganized photos and songs.

But there's a problem -- I can't find my old computer. I don't really need it for any reason, but I don't know where it is! I was keeping it in an easy to find place, but I got sick of looking at it, so I put it somewhere. But I don't know where. Maybe my parents? Honestly not sure. So that's a little bit of a mistake. Hopefully it turns up.

I'm going to upstate New York for my cousin's wedding this weekend. Sunday morning I'm most likely going to go out fishing with Dad. We are catch and release fly fishermen. That means that we don't eat the fish that we catch, we let them go. The fly fishing part of it is that we bumble around with a lot of fragile gear and try not to break it. And we frequently get frustrated when that gear gets tangled up in branches, rocks, and car doors.

Esopus Creek is where we'll be. It actually provides water for NYC. It's well-known for being a great rainbow trout fishery. I've heard it's also infamous for tubers getting themselves in trouble during the summer. We won't be tubing, just trying to hook up with a couple rainbows or browns. Should be fun.

For more info....

Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program

Orvis Fly Fishing Report and Conditions

Video: Fly Fishing On Esopus Creek