doubt there is a formal gathering...stuff out west now seems more like a
pick-up basketball game. i'll be in montana july 9-18 (9.7. - 18.7.
g), staying in cabin 3 at the slide inn, which is west of hebgen and
quake lakes, on the madison...about 30 miles west of west yellowstone,
near raynolds bridge. if you find yourself in the area, stop in.

jeff

Jarmo Hurri wrote:
JR What's the latest on showing our Scandahoovian friends the Big Sky?

Sorry for not replying earlier, but a few RL issues intervened (swine
flu, kitchen renovation).

As a group of travelling fishermen we are on hold, waiting for a
confirmation on whether or not my friend is able to fertilize his wife
before February. I think that my friends will succeed in his endeavour -
given his proven track record - which means that the potential Finnish
party would shrink to size 1.

Therefore I have decided to decide ASAP whether I will come there on my
own (with our Swedish neighbours, of course). I had actually decided to
make this decision a few weeks ago, but like I wrote above, natural
forces swung me around for a while. The decision to go solo frees me
from the earlier time constraints: I am able to take the trip any time
between, say, 30.6.-5.8. This also rules out the RV option, unless the
Swedes would like to take part in renting a motorhome.

In any case I *will* make a long road trip next summer. If I am going on
my own, the competing options are
1. the Western clave
2. northern Sweden / Norway, with focus on I. small streams and II. sea
trout
3. SE British Columbia / Alberta

Option #2 has been on my mind for a long time. I must also say that I
have read and *very* positive things about option #3.

I will post my final decision on this by 20.12. If you are going to have
the clave anyway, my decision deadline will not slow you down: since my
timetable is flexible, you can just decide on the dates and the
location, and by 20.12. I will tell you whether or not I will join.

Now it is time to do some serious Christmas shopping.