Fresh Post!!! (Sounds like french toast)

Hey everyone,
The bandit has returned from his duties in southern California fightin' them pesky wildfires and is back home safe and sound in the Meadow. He and She B have began work on pinky this weekend with hardwood floor install the main objective. Got about one room done so far, but the goin is slow being as though neither one of us has ever installed hardwood before. Next step will be the new kitchen layout, in which the jury is still out as to what that will end up as. Any way, keep an eye one the blog, and I'll try to post a little more frequently. TA-Ta

Inside Pinky.......

Sorry 'bout the delay, but I finally broke away from fishing to post a few pics from inside pinky. I have a shit-ton of pics but I'm only gonna post a few, so if you want a pic of a certain part of the house, let me know in the comments (be precise there, bondo). Other than that, steelheading on the salmon river has been good, with two fish landed on the fly fod, here's a pic of the hatchery fish I decided to bonk and eat.

Piks of Pinky

You asked for it, here's some pics of the pad. Starting whith the first pic, it's a virtual tour around the outside. I'll post more of the inside shortly, bein' as though it takes quite a bit of time to upload the pics.

Once again, the Hairway to Steven......

Weekend!!!

HA-LO everybody!! Dr. Nick here! It's here, the weekend that is, and with it so is the she -bandita. We WILL take the camera to the house and we WILL take some pics of our pad to satisfy y'all; especially the blogfather. It sure is nice to finally be back in touch with everybody, I really feel a family reunion is in order sometime in the near future. Another powerlounge, if you will. Feel free to shoot me an e-mail at either downhill_demon@hotmail.com or nbohnstedt@fs.fed.us to chat further and farther. TA-TA amigos.

Back Online!!!!!

Hey there, Blogland!
The snow has returned and with it so has the Bandit! That's right, all the fires are out and the Bandit can now have clean underwear and some sort of a life again. A little update: The Bandit has recieved permanent employment with the USFS as an assistant engine forman. El Bandito and the she-bandito have bought a house here in New Meadows, Id ( for more info contact the blogfather ). Steelhead are moving up the salmon river. Snow is coming very soon. Life is good. Missing my family. Any way, probably wont be posting too much in the coming months, but I'll try as best I can. Take care, and check back soon!

For Micdahic....

Mic,
Step 1. Find yerself a nice stick as long as yer arm from palm to shoulder.

Step 2. Hold said stick vertical with arm extended.

Step 3. Look down arm toward tree on level ground and sight over thumb knuckle to breast-height on stump (or where you'll make your cut).

Step 4. Move forward or backward till top of stick aligns with top of tree. You have now created a 45 degree angle. Give or take a few more feet to compensate for slope, but this is where the top of the tree should end up once felled.

Step 5. Fire up the gas-powered timber sword and give that fiberous fucker hell!

Step 6. Buck up, haul away, and grab a cold one!

Since you probably haven't put it in yer ears yet....

It's all about the bass and drums. Best listened to with an open mind and a lot of volume. Crank it up to eleven.

These are a few of my favorite things.....

Blogger's block

Howdy y'all! Sorry about the lack of posts this past week, it's just..well...just...uuhhh..just that I haven't felt like putting much up on the blog. Not that any thing cool hasn't happened, or that I haven't had the time, I just haven't done it. Sorry. Anyhoo, been fishin' quite a bit at the lake across the road from the pad, caught a few nice cutthroat, brookies, and rainbows and suffered a bit of mild frostbite on my toes the first day in the float tube. Since then I've only been fishing out of my canoe which is no easy task no matter what you might see in pictures. Factors such as wind, casting direction, and just flat out getting the damn thing to sit still all play a part in the dance we know as trout fishing. The she-bandit has been gone for three weeks and I patiently await her arrival home this coming sunday. Don't get me wrong, a dude likes his time to himself, but she's become a pretty big part of my day to day and I'm not ashamed to admit I miss her. The end of march marks another move for the bandit back down to Mccall, ID to begin work on the ninth of april. At which point the bandit will no longer have internet access and will suspend posting until the fall. I still got a few more posts left in me, though! So, until then, here is a pic of the she bandit doin' her thing on a controlled burn outside of Meacham, OR. in the fall of '05.

Bohnstedts in the sky...

Cant explain exactly why this airplane has our name on it, but it does. Just googled up some images of our last name and aside from our SS relative, this is what came up. Looks to me like a DC-3.

An Epic.....

Here's one that definately deserves two old-growths up. It's one of those flicks that even though I've seen it probably twenty times, it never gets old. I will watch it for the twenty first time this evening with a chilly glass of pinot grigio. If you haven't seen it yet, where the hell have you been? Even the blogfather (liker of movies only he picks out!) will agree that this is definately in the top ten of "must see movies".

Lovin' it.....

WOW!

If you haven't seen this movie then where in the HELL have you been? As you can tell, since the she-bandit is in Florida for the burn academy the bandit has had ample time to catch up on movies. As of now until the end of the month, the bandit will be your personal movie reviewer. I will rate the movies not unlike that of Ebert and Roeper, except instead of thumbs I will use trees. That's right, trees. Two trees up, two trees down. One tree up, one tree down. As for tonight's movie presentation "Monster", I give it two old-growths up. For christ's sake, watch this movie, even if you didn't watch Borat.

A post for Eric Panebaker......

Here you are Eric, I couldn't find any skiing midgets so I figured midget wrestlers were just as good if not better!

Borat: The Movie

Tonight I watched tis flick. Let me tell ya, HILARIOUS!!! Get it. Now. Anyhoo, Amistad was killer. Any flick with ol' Matthew M. in it is uasually pretty good. A time to kill was my personal fav. Enough about Amistad, go rent Borat. Stop reading. Go now.

I may have fixed the problem..........

My fellow blogsters,
I have made a few adjustments to the comment section of this here blog. Hopefully I pushed all the right buttons to make it a snap for y'all to comment. Hi Ho Silver, away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Gonna watch this flick tonight

Fish camp champion 2007

That's right fellow bloggers, the bandit swept the 2007 fish camp with a whopper 10.7 pound rainbow trout. Let me tell ya, he was one big bastard! He hit a black rooster tail in crystal lake (located in the quincy wildlife area just east of wenatchee) right around noon on the first day of fish camp. So what does the champion recieve for his outstanding prowess as a trout hunter? Well, he gets one custom made trophy to take home, and onther trophy to keep until next year when it MUST be brought back to be competed for once more. Oh yeah, and the cash. Each participant must pay twenty bucks to compete for the trophy, and this year about twenty dudes went after the whopper. My buddy Gavin was the runner up with another rainbow weighing in at 6.10 pounds. Definately a year for quality over quantity as not many fish were caught. So the Eastside Walters take the trophy back to it's rightful home until next year when those damn westsiders can try again. Enjoy the pics!

Weerrrreee Baaaccckkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy shit, blogland! What a long strange trip it's been. So here's how it all went down: Last monday the she-B and I decided to go down and visit some friends down in Mccall, ID. As soon as we got down there the skies opened up and it started DUMPING snow. Teusday morning we awoke to 6 fresh inches and by the end of the day we had an even 10 inches. After a dinner at the pub, a soak in Rick's hot tub, and a good nights rest we awoke wednesday to another 8 inches of snow and snowing hard! Thank's to Brundage Mt. resort's relaxed lift ticket checking practices, we rode those 2 days of fresh pow absolutely free! Thursday morning is where it really gets killer (by the way, it hasn't stopped snowing!). Some firefighter buddies of mine in Mccall have a backcountry yurt out in the Frank church wilderness complete with an approach snowmobile, cut wood, and all the ammenities. All the she-B and I had to do was provide the food and booze. So, after a 13 mile snowmobile ride into the yurt, we settled in for two days of AMAZING backcountry skiing in snow so deep it was damn near over your head! We also got in a soak out at Burgdorff hot springs. Saturday afternoon we headed back down the trail into Mccall and back into Ricky's hot tub. The next day (still snowing, hard, never stopped), we went down to Tamarack resort for 7 inches of untouched powder and the US snowboard grand prix national championships, all complete with 2 dollar micro-brews! With sore legs and great big smiles all around, we decided to head back to Sandpoint today. I mean, after all, fishing season opens up this thursday! Long story short, we went down for 2 days and ended up staying for 7 days of the best skiing of the year. Big thanks to Rick and Kat for their selfless generosity!

You may have seen this post before, but I found a better version......

Back from Wenatchee...

Howdy Y'all,

The she-bandit and I have returned from North Central Washington. Had a great time at the wedding and my Bro's birthday par-tay. Celebrated his B-day at Joe's log cabin in the 'snatch with lotsa free drinks and some good games of pool. Don't worry Blogfather, nobody barfed and brother spent the night at our hotel across the street. As promised, here are some pics of the fish and one of the Bandit on a backcountry ski trip last week. Enjoy.

Trout fishing in America....

Spent the last two days fishing the Clark Fork river downstream from the Cabinet Gorge Dam. Wouldn't exactly say I knocked 'em dead but I did manage a couple of fish. The first day I caught none, but the she-bandit caught a nice brown. We cooked up some mac and cheese over an open fire for lunch and washed it down with a chilly cup of chardonnay. Day two was spent by myself as it was raining like a sumbitch. I caught one rainbow, one cutthroat, and one mackinaw (lake trout). All fish mentioned in this blog were caught on spoons (I gave up on the fly rod after day one!). I will post the pic of the cutthroat and the brown tomorrow as my camera is out in my truck and I'm currently in my 'jammies. For now, here are a couple pics off the web of the specimens we captured. Headin' west here in a few days for a friends wedding and am hoping to throw some flys at rocky ford creek. Stay tuned to see if I catch something.

Funny Duo's