Hey Y'all. I'm Jim (Jimbo Nonno to my grandsons) and In 2010 I adopted Aero, 1974 Rasmus 35 #277 . She's been moored in Warrenton near Astoria Oregon for 20 years and I made the drive from Portland until I figure out where our next home will be.  Well, It is Portland.

 Here she was on the hard for survey and bottom paint. I'm lucky that nothing "needed" to be done to make her livable or seaworthy.

Aero was a named after an Island in Denmark. I waited 2 years for my punch list to get shorter and I renamed her for one of my favorite mythical characters SEDNA, the Tlingit/Haida Mother of the Sea Mammals.

ERA & CRTU Youth Fly fishing

Our Educational Recreational Adventures website:

Educational Recreational Adventures has great pictures of our recent Youth Flyfishing Camp, a joint venture of ERA and Clackamas River Trout Unlimited

http://www.clackamasrivertu.org/

The guys and ladies from CRTU were awesome. I felt welcome the second I arrived, and part of the team within minutes. The ample supplies, food, and volunteers resulted in a fun and educational experience. Watching the kids learn and gain skills before me eyes was fantastic.

JimboNonno

Since my two grandsons Gabe and Ben lived in Italy for three years, I am Nonno (Italian Grampa) to them. Their mother nicknamed me Jimbo years ago. . . consequently I JimboNonno. I like Hiking, Flyfishing, and Music. I play at the guitar and songwriting and my alter ego JimboNonno writes the songs.

We adopted Jake at 6 months of age.

March 27, 2007
He's a growing Boy
At 6 months Jake weighed 60 lbs,
at 8 months he was 78 lbs,
at 9 month it was 90 lbs.
he is nearly 10 months old now (but I can't pick him up to get on the scales).
Oh by the way. . . Jake is not an AKC Lab (see AKC Lab below). He's too tall, too skinny, his nose is too big, his tail is too long and gay. He is however 90+ lbs of love and fun. He's never met a person or dog he doesn't like. He is a lttle confused when bikes, runners, walkers, and especially dog walkers pass him by without saying hello.

Beer, Country, and Blues

March 23, 2007
Beer, Country, and Blues
After a hard day in the field every Dog needs to
quaff a few Ales. Jake prefers Black Butte
Porter or Fish Tail IPA. When he goes out on
the town listening to Music, Jake usually drinks
Guiness. He also like Brewer's yeast on his
Dog Food. Labs are originally from
Newfoundland Canada, Canadain's like beer
eh? No wine snob here!
Jake drinks out of a Plastic Cup. Tried Glass
Pints, but he buries them in the garden when he
is finished.
He seems to prefer the Blues and Alt Country music. Definitely doesn't like Rap or Pop. His
favorites are: Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Alejandro Escovedo,
Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Kweller, Foutains of Wayne, Paul Butterfield, Gillian
Welch, Golden Smog, Ryan Adams, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, The
Killers, Los Lonely Boys, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Nick Drake, Nickel Creek, Rev. Gary Davis, Phish & Trey Anastasio, Tift Merritt, Townes van Zandt, Van Morrison, U2, The White Stripes, Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, and the Beatles (he prefers the early stuff)

ERA/CRTU Youth Flyfishing Camp

last weekend was a hoot. Young flyfishing students from 4th grade to 8th Grade learned fishing, stream ecology, knots, and flytying from tireless volunteers. The camp was a joint venture of Educational Recreational Adventures (ERA) and Clackamas River Trout Unlimited (CRTU).