This was actually day one of the trip posted previously.
A very nice day in the woods, it was a new mountain for me so it had a different kind of beauty making it fun to explore. I didn't have any way to fish the surface of the beaver ponds and was bringing in moss or weeds with every cast. The Lake was amazing and probably had fish but I couldn't catch any. Not even a bite! And such a hike! Then, on the hike down, just as I can see the light at the end of the tunnel we bump into the archery elk hunters who scare Junie to the top of the mountain causiing me to hiike all the way back to the lake. Oooof I was tired! Thats why I slept on the side of the road.
To the hunters: Sorry I messed up your hunt! Had I realized I would have waited quietly up top.
Thanks everyone!
All right, hitting the trail. We've been driving and driving. I'm gonna come up here and fish and
I may spend the night up here right next to the trail. Yes, there is water up here. What I need
is a fly rod for this. I guess these were just too big. They probably cut them down and then
couldn't drag them. Oh, I'm impressed. All right, let's go. Go on. I'm trying to catch my breath.
Climbing a hill for quite some time now. I guess this is the lake. I'm right up against a
rock slide. That's cool. Yeah, I think this looks really deep. I'm gonna go somewhere that I know
I'll catch fish. I'm gonna hurry back to the truck. This trail is killing me. It's very technical.
I can't find Junie. The hunters told me she ran up the trail.
They're back there trying to call in the elk, which is up the hill somewhere.
And Junie knows where she is. I finally found Junie. I had to hike all the way back to the
lake. I started walking back because I still didn't find her and all of a sudden she comes
running down the trail. Full speed. She must have gone all the way to the top of the mountain.
So now I took off her bear bell, put it in my pocket, and I've got to keep a hold of her because
she sees those guys. She's going to run back up to the top of the mountain.
So I get to carry the dog down the mountain.
