August 23, 2015
I caught a mousie! I
caught a mousie! I had my paw on it and
it was not happy. I tried to act like it
was no big thing, but I was pretty excited.
Then my paternal human picked me up and put me inside before I had a
chance to eat it! What's with that?
Brrrrr, another cold morning. As cold as it was, we could not see our
breath as we walked. (Note to Alan
Coral: why is that?). Spouse walked with me for a bit. We walked on the horsetrail along the road
then turned up the road to Stanley Lake.
It is incredibly gorgeous here.
The mountains, meadows and creeks...
wow!
We came back to get Hannah ready to leave. This RV park is funky, but I love it. The restaurant is real good. I feel like I am in Mayberry. 'Go get your coffee, honey. Cups are over there and we have a few
different blends. It's all
complimentary'. We decided to have a
big breakfast before we hit the road. A
couple we met yesterday from St. Louis (Bill and Jackie) came in and joined
us. The food was good and hearty. The place was packed. It is interesting to see people in heavy wool
jackets and tank tops! So cold in the
morning, then warm in the afternoon.
After enjoying our meal, we put the finishing touches on
Hannah, preparing her to be off the grid. By that I mean filling her up with water. We normally only fill her about one third of
the way because of the excess weight.
But knowing we will need the water, we filled her. We charged everything , cleaned real good,
and set on our way. It is already after
11. Mighty late start!
We turned north on 75 towards Challis. Of course, we had to stop at the hot creek
and give it a soak. That water is real
hot in some places. I loved soaking in
the warm, then moving to the pipe that has cold water. We met some nice people and chatted it
up. The rushing Salmon river is sloshing
over the rocks behind us, the fir laden mountains are on both sides of the
canyon, and we are soaking in hot water, basking in this opportunity!
We continued north till we saw O'brien campground. Look at those sites on the water. We did a U-turn and landed a phenomenal
site. There are no services here, but we
planned on being off the grid, and what better place than this. As I write, I am watching the Salmon river
out my window. We got into the space
ok. As for getting out... that is going
to be challenging. Spouse may be doing a
lot of backing up! I predict an argument
in our future! So for today, we went a
grand total of 21 miles!
We did a few casts for fish.
But since we don't have a license yet, we didn't want to spend much time
on this. I did catch a nice rock
though. And I did learn just how fast I
can pull in the line, navigate over rocks and run back to Hannah due to gastro
intestinal distress!
Spouse scored some free firewood. Of course, he is channeling his inner
pyromaniac... We don't have enough smoke
with all the wildfires. Gotta make our
own. And as the sun faded to darkness, a
doe and two fawns made their way down to the water across from us. Nice to be able to enjoy the scenery.
Oh, and Rudy helped tie the fishing lines...
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