Brock and I were stoked for a long weekend and definitely needed the mini vacation. We decided to stay somewhat local because Brock's parents were in the area and we planned on spending some time with them too.
We rented a Forest Service Cabin by Hebgen Lake for a night. We fell in love with this cool cabin and wished we had more than one night in it. That is ....until the lights went out and we were falling asleep, that's when our experience got a little tainted. Mice! All night long we could hear mice running and scratching in the walls and in the ceiling. We swear that there was a rat of some sort in the kitchen chewing through the cupboard. It was absolutely disgusting, and neither of us slept a wink... that is until the sun came up and the rodents went to sleep. Verdict= forest service cabin rocked during the daylight and I was glad to be in my tent the next night!
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| Puppies loved the fireplace |
The weather was perfect at the lake and the water was glass almost the entire day! The boat ran about the same as the week before which was frustrating because Brock had put a lot of time and money into trying to fix it's problem. However, it ran well enough cruise all day but we couldn't take it over 35mph because it would pop and struggle. Poor Brock has been working on it all summer and now it's time to winterize it and he never got it running perfect.
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| The dogs really liked the boat this time |
We fished on the Madison River and Beaver Creek on Sunday. It was beautiful weather but we didn't have a bite! I told Brock that we could fish all day and we still wouldn't get a bite because it was Sunday and we shouldn't have been fishing. After basically walking around in our waders and sweating in the sweltering weather, we went to track down Brock's parents. We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting with Brock's parents, Grandma and Aunts & Uncles in Island Park.
We had the coolest camp spot: 1. It was free 2. It wasn't in a campground 3. It was by the lake
The one downfall to the weekend (besides the mice and not catching fish) was that our tent officially died. The zipper has been on the fritz but it finally gave up and we had to duct tape the sucker shut at night, which made going to the bathroom really tricky. So, the tent is going in the trash...tear...sniff...
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| Dead skunk in the road....yes a stuffed one. The dogs scored a new toy! |
Monday on the way home we fished the Gally on a few pretty sweet spots that we've been eyeing for a looong time. The Gally was a little crowded which is annoying but we enjoyed it!
We had the coolest camp spot: 1. It was free 2. It wasn't in a campground 3. It was by the lake
