http://www.garysgonefishin.com Life, Love, & Other Mysteries Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:49:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's so much more to a family vacation than meets the eye.   Since the early 80's our extended family has spent the week surrounding the 4th of July in Bishop. By the time you get all the family together it's around 20 people. Through the years, as kids grow up get ... http://www.garysgonefishin.com/?p=19 This Past Saturday we celebrated my mother's 90th birthday.  It was a great day.  My mom is still very full of life and very alert.  I'm thankful that I was blessed to have her as a mother.  Born in 1919,  the daughter of immigrants from England, she has seen tremendous ... http://www.garysgonefishin.com/?p=15 Lies, rumors and half-truths can bring a lot of pain.  We’ve all been caught up in them to varying degrees.  Sometimes we’ve been on the receiving end and sometimes we’ve been on the giving end of the pain.  Sometimes the pain caused can change the direction of a person’s life.  ... http://www.garysgonefishin.com/?p=11 Have you ever been talked out of doing the right thing? I don't mean by someone who didn’t have your best interest in mind (we can usually spot that), but by someone you love and trust, by someone who wants the best for you. It’s not always ... http://www.garysgonefishin.com/?p=9 Much of my life is and has been about fishing.    If you know anything about fishing then you know that it's about patience, determination, study, observation, experimentation, technique, challenge, sacrifice, reward and if  it really gets under your skin, passion.  I still remember catching my first fish.  We were camped by ... http://www.garysgonefishin.com/?p=5