Memorial Day Weekend on Henry's Lake

For Memorial Day weekend, Brock planned a fishing trip for us on Henry's Lake in Idaho. Brock and I rented a little "beater" of a fishing boat to cruise around the lake to fish. We caught a bunch of fish over the weekend and had a lot of fun!

Brock caught Boog in the middle of a yawn so he looks funny in this pic.

We thought these birds were cool to look at.

Here's a funny story about our rental boat: Early in the morning we headed out on the lake to start our fishing excursion and found a spot to stop and fish. After fishing about 30 mins, we decided to pull up the anchor and try another place to fish. Brock started the boat but we couldn't move. After a few minutes of frustration, he noticed that the prop had fallen off in the lake! So we were stranded out in the middle of the lake and Brock had to row us back in. I felt so embarressed rowing between really nice fishing boats full of people, I'm sure that enjoyed the entertainment. Luckily they got us all fixed up and we were out fishing again!

Here fishie....

Brock got me a new fly rod for my birthday and I got to break it in out on the lake with this huge fish I caught. Don't I look excited.....and little scared too?

Boog was a good sport, although we don't think he had a very good time. We also found out that he's not a good swimmer.....I guess too much body and not big enough legs.

We camped outside Island Park and it was so peaceful!We also went and checked out Mesa Falls.

This is how Boog rode home from camping, we think he was sad to leave the woods.

House Rock

We drove by the Gallatin River on our way home and we were really amazed by how fast the river is flowing. House Rock Boulder is usually completely out of the water when the river is flowing normal. Crazy....

Where The Wild Things Are

Brock and I have made numerous trips into Yellowstone but have never seen any Bears and we've been feeling a little ripped off. So we decided to make a special trip to Lamar Valley ( the north part of the park) in hope to find some bears. So here's the scoop from our day!

We left home at 4:30am to get to the park to catch the early action of the animals. On our way we got to drive through Paradise Valley (aka: animal kingdom) and we saw thousands of Elk migrating back to Yellowstone. Paradise Valley is suppose to have the largest migration around, so it was pretty neat to see it in action. We also saw a lot of mule deer, whitetail deer and antelope. Brock was on "cloud 9".

I love Gardiner Mt this time of year. It's a small town located between paradise valley and the north entrance of the park and a natural path for the animals migrate through. I think it's so funny to see elk and buffalo wandering the streets!

We started our trek through the park towards Lamar Valley. On our way we saw our first bear of the day at 8:30am. He was just along the side of the road about 30 yards away from our car. Rangers came along and made us move up a little further to give the bear adequate space.

Grizzly #1

After the first grizzly we head up the road about5 miles and saw our 2nd bear. He was pretty far way on a mountain and could only be spotted through binoculars so we don't have any pictures of him.

Grizzly #3

We spotted him out in the middle of this field not too far away. (not crazy close but good enough for pics) He played for a little bit and then went to sleep.

Grizzly #4

We spotted this bear while we were looking for a black bear that was suppose to be near by eating some kill. We wonder if this grizzly stole the black bear's meal because he seemed to be feasting while we were watching him.

Our favorite Bear

This black bear was our favorite bear of the day. He was so active and fun to watch. He was definitely on the move the whole time. Brock watched him jump into a pond and swim to the other side and we also got some up close video when he crossed the road.

Brock followed the bear to this pond and watched him swim, I wasn't too happy that he did that but he got a good picture and some cool video out of it.

We ate lunch at this overlook, pretty sweet...huh!

Can't forget the cute baby buffalo. I think buffalo are hideous creatures but their babies are pretty cute.





......and last but not least our wild little beast, our "freak on a leash", Boog. He loves the outdoors and it was killing him that he couldn't get out and chase everything. However, if he could talk, I'm sure he'd thank us for an amazing day out!

p.s. I think this is a funny picture of him.....his head looks abnormally huge!



Madison River