The "How was your weekend?" thread...

[Stonedfish]

Went lake fishing Saturday. First time fishing freshwater in over a year. Good chironomid hatch and the bobber went down a lot, but all stockers with a max of 12”. Usually this lake produces a good amount of carryovers like it did last year, but not this year.
Way to hot for my liking to be sitting in a boat. Boat launches are always interesting places on hot days. The hot weather was drying out my rust patina.
Back to the beach yesterday with some nice temps back in the low 50’s.
SF

 

[Dr. Magill]

I watched the Dragons in the XFL playoffs
The league is fun to watch but:
The QB’s lack the same accuracy you get use to in the NFL
The receivers miss a lot of balls that should be caught
I like the kickoff rules
I like the extra point rules
I like the penalty challenges
And I worked in the garden

 

[Coach Potter]

I watched the Dragons in the XFL playoffs
The league is fun to watch but:
The QB’s lack the same accuracy you get use to in the NFL
The receivers miss a lot of balls that should be caught
I like the kickoff rules
I like the extra point rules
I like the penalty challenges
And I worked in the garden

I like the rules a lot better than I thought I would.

 

[Josh]

The league is fun to watch but:
The QB’s lack the same accuracy you get use to in the NFL
The receivers miss a lot of balls that should be caught
I like the kickoff rules
I like the extra point rules
I like the penalty challenges

I would agree with most of that.

I also tend to forget when they are on and miss games. I'd meant to watch a few more than I have over the season.

 

[Hem]

Stopped by the lake after my daughter's high school tennis match.

 

[RCF]

Dug, moved, spread, leveled and tamped 12 yards of 5/8 minus gravel by hand over the last few days. Almost done. Then steel carport will be delivered in a couple of weeks so more work is coming...

 

[Clean Willy]

I’m retired so weekdays are weekends. Coulda hung around for another 40 this morning but this will last us until fall. And yes, these are grass fed razor clams…

 

[dep]

I’m retired so weekdays are weekends. Coulda hung around for another 40 this morning but this will last us until fall. And yes, these are grass fed razor clams…

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quite the haul - nice work

 

[the_chemist]

Kids brought home a stomach bug from preschool Wednesday. Was finally feeling good enough today to check out what's been making splashes in the backyard.


Edit: the answer was cutthroat.

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

A little bit of tiling work, well, over the last several weekends.

How it looked when we started:


Bathtub out, shower in:



Next up, new floor:



Pretty much done, just waiting for the shower door:





Now, on to the other bathroom.

Cheers

 

[Fourbtgait]

3 days painting street sides of house after removing the viny siding and installing cement board.

 

[Hem]

Went out for some morning stillwater.
Call it a success , a dozen to the net, but more exciting was catching Browns, Rainbows, Brookies.
Strong fish, maybe too strong, the Brown in the pic wasnt having any part of being held above the net.

 

[VMP]

Had to decide where to put this post since it has a bit of a bunch of many threads here, such as "What are you eating" (spit-roasted lamb, cherry wood), "What are you drinking" (lots in quantity and variety, portos, Malbecs, Cabs, Campofiorin, Zinfandels...), "2023 Garden Thread" (garden herbs for homemade salmuera and chimichurri), "Cast & Blast" (supercharged potato gun), "Pizza Oven thread" (nothing too fancy but kept people fed while the lamb slowly roasted), "Puget Sound" (disappointing as ever as background of a great day with friends), "Rain" somehow was kept at bay. So it ended up here in the "How was your weekend thread" (a fantastic post COVID reunion of lifelong friends from around the world).

 

[Evan B]

Had to decide where to put this post since it has a bit of a bunch of many threads here, such as "What are you eating" (spit-roasted lamb, cherry wood), "What are you drinking" (lots in quantity and variety, portos, Malbecs, Cabs, Campofiorin, Zinfandels...), "2023 Garden Thread" (garden herbs for homemade salmuera and chimichurri), "Cast & Blast" (supercharged potato gun), "Pizza Oven thread" (nothing too fancy but kept people fed while the lamb slowly roasted), "Puget Sound" (disappointing as ever as background of a great day with friends), "Rain" somehow was kept at bay. So it ended up here in the "How was your weekend thread" (a fantastic post COVID reunion of lifelong friends from around the world).

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You know it's entirely OK to start your own thread, right?

 

[Zak]

Is that the world's most kickass potato gun?! Damn!

 

[Divad]

@VMP I love the refurbished tank smoker, drift wood pizza hut and that cannon! Absolutely awesome!!

 

[Josh]

Nothing too thrilling this weekend for me. Weather was "meh" and the wife wasn't feeling awesome. Caught a few gills and tiny bass at a local little puddle. Baked some bread. Prepped some of my fake-o no salt bacon-ish strips. Did chores around the house. Ran the kids to various friends houses. Pretty mellow.

 

[mark wlker]

Painting the exterior of the house.

 

[mattsavage]

Skunked... nuff said... The first frame of the video, that's actually beer spraying out of my can...

 

[M_D]

Happy Belated Father's Day to you dad's out there.

I did a Bucket List check off of sorts. Maybe this 'pails' in comparison (yep...a dad joke) to other lists out there, but it made me happy.

I'd been wanting to spend some time exploring the Gifford Pinchot National Forest so my oldest son and I did a little car camping thing and fished a couple lakes.

Overall the weather was crummy but we had a few hours Saturday morning when the skies were clear.


This lake had a ton of eager rainbows in it. Most were smaller guys and I should have remembered to bring my 3wt...but there were some 12-14 inch fish that put a bend in my 5wt and sure were pretty


We moved to another lake that afternoon and my old iPhone battery didn't like the temperature change so no more pic's. I would have sworn this higher lake had been winter killed until my son caught a couple of beautiful browns just before we left (after 3 hours of nothing but wind and rain)

We woke the next morning to a dusting of snow and still chillier temps. My son has an old school tube and was not interested in sitting IN the water all day so we agreed to fish a third lake until noon and then head out. I wish my phone would have worked because some of those brookies were beautiful. Plus, the rainbows in this lake had a green tint that I don't recall seeing before and sure were pretty.

That's it...simple and pleasant...and now I get to start painting a couple sides of the house...yuck.

Anyone else make some memories with your kids?

Mike d