Hockey , Trade Shows and the Missouri River

 Recently Lisa and I have been staying  in hotels ,eating crappy food and meeting some great people . Two weekends ago we where up in Billings Mt. ,guest's of the Magic City Fly-Fisher's.We drove thru my Montana stomping grounds.Even in Winter the country is breathtaking.As we drove along the Missouri River south of Great Falls I began to drool as  the river looked awesome .We pulled the Nissian "Loser" Cube Car off the Interstate then drove the thru the All -American Trout Town -Craig Montana and along the Missouri River .... I can't wait to get a piece of that action this June .The Show in Billings was well ran and attended.The host club is heavily involved in conservation and protection of the Big Horn River ,they also have a very  good youth out reach program.

Darcy Richardson with a Missouri River Brown

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                                                              A Nice Rainbow

This past weekend we attended  the  Phoenix I.S.E show .This is our third year there and as always it  was good to see old friends and meet new ones.The bummer was on Sunday  the Canada -U.S.A. hockey game was playing and  like the rest of the hockey fan exhibitors  ,we where stuck without a T.V..luckily we where able to keep score via  Twitter, Text Messages and  calls to my Father . What a game ! .
Lisa was pulling for the U.S.A. and although I would have liked to pull for the US it was hard to bail on  Canada .It was  North American Hockey at it's finest!!Judging by the haul of medals it is  the best Winter Olympics for both the U.S.A. and Canada .
Now that the Olympics are over flies are being tied and the Dogs and myself are getting out for some much needed exercise .

Cheers !
Dave