July 4th Muster....

[Adam Helmer]

skeet,

We have five families coming to eat and five guys to camp out. It rained 3.2 inches here yesterday and rain is forecast for the 4th. We may just cookout and take a rain check on the half-faced camp.

Adam

[skeet]

I like that .. a rain check on the half faced camp.. We saw rain here..once. Been talkin to a friend in Md and they have had what he calls ..about 'nuff rain too. Another friend back there told me his corn is the prettiest he has ever seen. He has un-irrigated ground where the corn is and it is a bit sandy soil..so in a normal year it kinda dries up a bit on the hills. Talked with a frien here and we are gonna go gold pannin on Friday. I have a spot up on the side of a mountain that showed a bit of color last year but the water was too high to work it good. Hopefully this year. Believe it or not it is at a bit better than 10,000 ft. The grizz are out and about up there too. I carry an old 1100 slug gun with mag tube extension when I go up in the mountains panning. 9 slugs should make anything think twice....I hope

As far as rain. We usually get about 4-5 inches here. We have gotten that much already this year. But lookin at the Clarks Fork River yesterday..even with the rain up in Montana and in some of the mountains..it looks like the big snow melt is over for the year.

Hope it clears out and ya have a great time on the 4th.

Hope everyone that reads this has a great and safe 4th of July

[Gil Martin]

Sounds like fun. Enjoy. All the best...
Gil