Bob's Eyes

Wednesday July 23, 2025 Guerneville CA.

Smoking fish

I had a few pieces of salmon to test the system out today. I thought I’d only try a few pieces to test the system out so if things didn’t work out too good, I’d have another chance with the rest of the salmon.

I got the firebox fire going around one.

It didn’t take long to get smoke going.

Lot’s of smoke going.

The fish is starting to show some color from the smoke.

It’s almost done here, just need to get it up to around 145 F. They didn’t all reach that temperature at the same time so I took the ones out as they reached that temp.

It took me longer to get them up to 145 F. than I thought. I think I just need the fire to be a bit hotter sooner.

Here’s the finished product which I will sample later, or tomorrow after they cool down.

Well, I didn’t wait very long and tried it and it’s good.

Nice day.

Tuesday July 22, 2025 Guerneville CA.

Forest ride

Barry showed up today. He wanted to go for a bike ride up in the forest.

But first we had to pick some apples.

Apples

There is a good crop of apples this year, enough for us and the squirrels too.

We rode around the hills and then made our way up to our resting area at the top of the ridge for a break.

It was a bit cloudy today, making it a bit on the cool side.

Little tree

Back on the trail, we ran into this small downed tree across the road. I got the little hand saw out and started to cut it but the saw got bound up so Barry had to lift up on the tree to unbind the saw so I could finish the cut and remove the tree from the road.