Kern River - This weekend every year since 1978. Same group of guys, all seasoned hot-rod builders. This year two of us died..... We used to raise hell but now we are are grandparents, grey, bald and the fishing is more fun than the carousing.........

I just like being around car people. Dark-Side or Gennie, it's all good to me. I'm gonna fish, eat too much and get stupid for a few days........

 

Have fun, Ernie!!

 

Shame about your friends, but a good reminder that the clock is ticking and we need to enjoy ourselves before it's too late. Sounds like you are with that program! Enjoy!

 

Sounds like a blast.

I'm heading out to the lake tomorrow myself, gonna have a few too many frosties, get a way too much sun, probably eat too much to just to round it all out.

Take care
Bobby

 

Have fun and enjoy it

 

well said, I coudn't agree more. Have fun and don't forget to set your drag.

 

Just remember...
A bad day fishing beats a good day at work

Have fun

 

Kern River...........I used to work the oil fields there back in the 80's from Bakersfield. That is one wild river. Do you go to lake Isabel or what for the cars?

Sorry about your friends.........God Bless them and you.

 

Yeah....so did I! Only in Taft.


The Kern was always a dry hole in Bakerspatch!

 

Walston and HT32XXX

The River is WAY down. We've had NO rain this year. (yes, I know the rest of the country is under water) There is a massive fire in Santa Barbara and the smoke drifted over us making it pretty hard to breathe. Caught 4 nice Rainbows but came home early.

The Kern County upper desert is filled with vintage trucks and cars. You don't need to look hard. They're everywhere. Coming up the 395 from San Diego, you go thru many old desert towns with a very dry climate and the trucks/cars are just sitting around in pretty good shape.

One town had a line up of 5 or 6 of the larger early 50s Ford and Dodge trucks all parked together. In a town called "Onyx" I saw a really straight 48-50 F-Giant with the Crane mounted. Saw 2ea. 58-60 shortbeds parked in the fields and 40 Ford Coupe that looked like an early 50s custom out with the cows..... Didn't stop to take picture. Didn't want to get shot ....

 

Thanks for the update, sorry to hear about the smoke, but at least the fishing yielded a few Rainbows.