Bacon IS a trail snack.

Today I posted a comment on a friend's Facebook wall reminding her that y ou have to treat yourself every once in a while. It makes all the hard work you do every day actually seem worth the effort.   We all work millions of hours a day, 7 days a week and rarely take the time to do something just for ourselves.  Of course I may be speaking only of me on this point but, you get caught up in the daily grind... Alarm goes off (or in my case a 100lb. Chow/ Husky mix jumps on me, grabs the  duvet and pulls it into the living room.  It's her way of saying "HEY, TIME TO GET UP!" Then you go through your daily routine... feed this, clean that, put on clothes, find your shoes, where are your keys, making mental notes along the way of all the things you have to leave to be done until you arrive home 10 or 12 hours later.  You come home, feed this, clean that, put on comfy clothes THEN start to do all the things you had to leave to be done until AFTER your ...

Everyone has heard the warning, "fish shouldn't have a smell if it's fresh".  It's true.           A good friend was out last weekend and as a good Pescitarian she ordered halibut.  The next day...         ...yep, wasn't feeling so great.  "It smelled fishy.  I should have ordered something else."  Hell yah she should have!  Food for thought ;o) That said, there really is some deeeeeelish ocean and stream swimmers out there (I know, I know, as my Brother says all the time, "do you know what fish do in water?") Okay, whatever... moving on.  I'm extremely particular about fish or seafood for that matter.  I think it goes back to when we were kids and Dad would go on these three week long fishing trips with his buddies every year and insist that we enjoy "the most delicious, fresh stream trout you could ever wish to have on the table."             ...