Rule #12:  Dogs are better pets, but cats are easier because they just don't care when you leave.

MOVING!!!

Over the next few days, I won't have much to report on the fishing front.

My Best Girl and I are moving to another home.   We will remain in the same city, but are moving north and west, to the outskirts of town.  One of the things about the neighborhood that I noticed right away is that 1/4 of a mile east of our home there is a larger than usual farm creek that cuts south to north through a soya bean field.  As I drove by it the other day, I saw a man wielding a 7' (or longer) rod into the waters below.

Since then, Girl 2 and I have explored the area and it looks abundantly "fishy."

We're moving because Girl 2 is the only kid we have year-round.  The Young Lady has lived with us this summer, but is looking for a job teaching elementary students and, therefore, probably won't be with us much longer.

The Boy also lived with us this summer--mostly, I like to think, because he loves my cooking!  He is, however, renting a house with several friends for the fall.

Girl I is the most independent of them all.  She has moved out of  both our house and her mother's and now lives with a friend close to campus.  I don't get to see her enough, but I'm so proud of how mature she is.

So, faced with having only one kid, where we once had four!, we decided it was time to go smaller.  Therefore, we are moving from a home that is 4900 square feet to one that is 2400 square feet!

As soon as I can, though, you know I'll be back on the river.