Mexico Trip, April 2022

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Rick Freeman

Did a boys only trip to Puerto Vallarta and the small fishing village of Yelapa.

Jimmy Loving Life On Our Personal Beach In Yelapa.

Puerto Vallarta Sunset On Our First Night

The Boys On Our Deck Over Looking The Bay

Mexico Trip, February 2022

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Rick Freeman

We were needing a break from the Northwest rain and cool weather so my wife made up a trip for five of us to head

Dolphin Stampede

Smoky Mountains Trip, October 2021

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Rick Freeman

My wife Linna organized a fall color trip to the Great Smoky Mountains in the state of Tennessee.

Jim Darmiento, Craig Shilling & Rick Freeman

Jim Darmiento & Rick Freeman enjoy some Tennessee moonshine

Greece Trip, April 2021

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Rick Freeman

This was my first trip to the beautiful country of Greece.

Changing of the guards

Linna overlooking the romantic city of Nafplio.

Our private pool in Oiaâ€¦on the island of Santorini.

Canada Fishing Trip, August 2021

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Rick Freeman

I was lucky to be asked to come along on a 5 day fishing trip up in Ontario, Canada at Press Lake.

Press Lake Camp www.presslake.on.ca is the only resort on this pristine lake of 73 miles round. Itâ€™s filled with tasty Walleye, aggressive Northern Pikes and good size Smallmouths. You will have the lake to yourself most of the time, you hardly see other fishing boats. The resort is owned by a super nice guy (Ryan Nicholas) that will make sure you know where the fish are and how to fish for them.

Most of the days we caught our limit of Walleye and threw back a bunch of Northern Pike.

Noticed the death grip on my Northern Pike! This fishing trip was the first time I have fished for Northerns.

Rick Freeman and Eric Robinson with a day limit of Walleye

Longtime friends John Kaestle and Eric Robinson taking a break

Rick Freeman and John Kaestle with a day limit of Walleye

Our first day catch of Walleye. Eric Robinson was the executive chef for our cabin and he cooked up a hearty breakfast and a delicious dinner each day.

Sunrise at Press Lake looking from our cozy cabin.

Eagle looking for a floating fish

Alaska Trip, August 2021

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Rick Freeman

This is Linnaâ€™s first trip to Alaska and our adventure started in Anchorage.

Camp Muir Hike, July 2021

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Rick Freeman

For my 61st birthday I decided to hike up Camp Muir. It was also a way to test out my new right knee replacement that happened on March 1st.

I asked a bunch of people to celebrate my birthday hike with me, but only Tao Song, Craig Schilling and Mike Curry took the challenge. We arrived at Paradise parking lot around 6:30 a.m. with only about twenty cars in the parking lot. We started up the trail around 6:45 a.m. and stopped after we crossed Icicle Creekâ€¦pretty much where the snow started. We had a snack and put on our traction devices before trudging on.

Tao lead the way to Camp Muir making sure she maintained a lead of 100 yards from of us tired boys. I have done this hike about 10 times now and it never gets easier. We all know what the last mile feels likeâ€¦pure hell. At least we had beautiful clear sky and a warm sun beating down on us, no jacket required on topâ€¦just a dry shirt.

On the way down we made sure to hit every snow shoot there was. I brought a heavy duty garbage bag and it worked well for glissading. After descending and a change of clothes we stopped in Ashford for pizza and beer.

My support group: Tao Song, Craig Schilling, Rick Freeman and Michael Curry

Freeman on the death march up to Camp Muir.

Tao Song Glissading

Rick Freeman & Mike Curry Glissading

Paragliding, July 2021

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Rick Freeman

Linna bought Chloe Wei and little ole me a tandem paragliding flight with our friend Yun Ling for our birthdays. Yun Ling has probably paraglided over 1,000 times in his four years of experience, so I felt completely safe.

The Take-Off

The End

Bandera Mountain Hike, July 2021

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Rick Freeman

Six of us brave souls hiked up Bandera Mountain to see the sunrise. We woke up at 1:15 a.m. and left the house at 2:00 a.m. to meet up with Craig Schilling, Tao Song, Xiao Wen and Xiuyun at the trailhead at 3:00 p.m.