This week we got away for a few days to fish the spring hatch on the Deschutes river in Eastern Oregon. It's becoming a tradition to take these trips with my dad and justins stepdad, and it's a blast every time. The fishing is fun, but even more so I love the specific smells and sights of this part of the world; sagebrush, juniper, the wind whistling through the grass, and the sun dropping quickly behind the steep canyon walls. A brief trip away from home, work and technology, and I always come home with a fresh perspective and a few new stories to tell.