The morning we left the Chateau in Cave Junction, Oregon and headed to Eugene, Oregon to try our hand at fly fishing. But before we left, we had breakfast at the Chateau’s Cafe – an original 1930’s soda counter.  

The food was great – and the coffee was better ☕️

Then we were off… Back down that twisty turny mountain 😳😬  It wasn’t as bad going down the mountain as up.  It was fun to see all our phones and iPads come back online once we reached the bottom with 100+ emails!!!

Once we got to Eugene, home of University of Oregon – Go Ducks! – we checked in and headed out to meet Jason at Home Waters Fly Fishing 

Since the steel bottom boats only hold 3 people, we met his friend Josh at Hendricks Park, and left our car.  Josh had 2 sons,ages 7 and 9, so he was perfect for our crew. Jason didn’t have any kids, and may never want them after Leo talked to him for FIVE HOURS during our float 😂😝

This was such a cool experience! We floated down the McKenzie River fishing for Rainbow Trout (salmons run in May and June).

It is absolutely gorgeous here! We could see Osprey and Woodpeckers in surrounding trees, and see the trout jumping as we went downstream. 

Everyone caught fish! 

Leo caught 4 (but threw the last one back because he was as too small); 

Michael caught 2 (but he threw his first one back because he looked sad 😊);

Mike caught 2 fish; and

I got one – but had to throw it back because it was a wild trout. They try to throw these back to help with spawning. But it still counts! 😛

Just such a cool experience! 

But it wasn’t over yet… We landed back in Hendricks Park, and started preparing our fresh caught dinner!

What about dessert? How about some fresh blackberries?

I think we liked our dinner 😊

We tried to do like Sylvester the cat when he pulls the bones out of his mouth 

It was such a great day and so relaxing to just float and fish! Absolutely a dream day!

Thanks to Jason and Josh! 

And then a beautiful Oregon sunset for our drive back to the hotel 

Tomorrow we head to Portland for a day of sightseeing. Good night everybody!