We had a good time last Tues cruising all around the 9 mile long Fremont Lake outside Pinedale, WY on our friends’ pontoon boat. Saw about 8 or 9 osprey nests, some with baby osprey’s poking their little heads out. (pic attached of osprey nest w/ mom and dad O)
Len went out fishing that night and caught a 20 in brown trout on the raging Green River. The next morning (Wed) he dirt biked up into the Wind River mountains to Burnt Lake and fished some more. That evening he got permission to fish a private creek (Towsack?), near the headwaters of the Green River. On Thurs, he fished the Green River just outside our campsite at Whiskey Grove in the Bridger Nat’l Forest. All in all, he said he has caught more fish in the last 3 days than he has in the last 5 yrs on the Baldwin River in Michigan. He’s caught brown trout, rainbows, brookies, and he thinks a grayling. Alas, fishing in MI will never be the same for him.
While Len was out fishing on Wed morning, I had a knock on my trailer door at the campsite. It was a forest ranger. He told me that the sheep herders across the river had lost their dogs (ran away), so don’t be alarmed if some stray dogs come into the campground. Then he proceeded to tell me that the coolers we had left outside the trailer were a violation in bear country. I said to him, “Oh, but there’s no food inside of them…only beer, water, and pop.” He said to me, “Bears love beer, too!” I thought he was joking, but then my brother sent me this link to a true story about bears and beer (HILARIOUS!): http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-08-18-beer-bear_x.htm
We left Wyoming on Friday morning. It was hard to say goodbye to my girlfiend of more than 30 yrs (Bethie-pic attached) and her family, but we had an awesome week of catching up and reliving days gone by. Thanks for everything, Bethie (and Benny and Will)!
We travelled for 9 hours and 368 miles on Friday and finally landed in Butte, Montana (via Idaho). Montana is shaping up to be an incredibly beautiful state – The Big Sky State. (pic attached of sunset Friday night)
Saturday morning we left Butte, MT and headed for Hungry Horse, MT, which is about 20 miles away from the entrance to Glacier National Park. We got to Hungry Horse in time to set up camp and then head over to the Park. We drove the Going-to-the-Sun Rd (inside the Park) which takes you up into the highest elevations of the Park. The beauty in this park is indescribable! It just makes you want to sing, “America the Beautiful” at the top of your lungs!! (If I was with my sisters, we probably would have!) I’ve attached 2 pics inside the park (even tho’ we took over 150!).
Len went out fishing that night and caught a 20 in brown trout on the raging Green River. The next morning (Wed) he dirt biked up into the Wind River mountains to Burnt Lake and fished some more. That evening he got permission to fish a private creek (Towsack?), near the headwaters of the Green River. On Thurs, he fished the Green River just outside our campsite at Whiskey Grove in the Bridger Nat’l Forest. All in all, he said he has caught more fish in the last 3 days than he has in the last 5 yrs on the Baldwin River in Michigan. He’s caught brown trout, rainbows, brookies, and he thinks a grayling. Alas, fishing in MI will never be the same for him.
While Len was out fishing on Wed morning, I had a knock on my trailer door at the campsite. It was a forest ranger. He told me that the sheep herders across the river had lost their dogs (ran away), so don’t be alarmed if some stray dogs come into the campground. Then he proceeded to tell me that the coolers we had left outside the trailer were a violation in bear country. I said to him, “Oh, but there’s no food inside of them…only beer, water, and pop.” He said to me, “Bears love beer, too!” I thought he was joking, but then my brother sent me this link to a true story about bears and beer (HILARIOUS!): http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-08-18-beer-bear_x.htm
We left Wyoming on Friday morning. It was hard to say goodbye to my girlfiend of more than 30 yrs (Bethie-pic attached) and her family, but we had an awesome week of catching up and reliving days gone by. Thanks for everything, Bethie (and Benny and Will)!
We travelled for 9 hours and 368 miles on Friday and finally landed in Butte, Montana (via Idaho). Montana is shaping up to be an incredibly beautiful state – The Big Sky State. (pic attached of sunset Friday night)
Saturday morning we left Butte, MT and headed for Hungry Horse, MT, which is about 20 miles away from the entrance to Glacier National Park. We got to Hungry Horse in time to set up camp and then head over to the Park. We drove the Going-to-the-Sun Rd (inside the Park) which takes you up into the highest elevations of the Park. The beauty in this park is indescribable! It just makes you want to sing, “America the Beautiful” at the top of your lungs!! (If I was with my sisters, we probably would have!) I’ve attached 2 pics inside the park (even tho’ we took over 150!).
Heading back to GNP on Sunday to do more sightseeing. One could easily spend 2 weeks in this park and still not see or do everything.
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