Fishing and Camping

Just got back to my Dorm after going fishing and camping this week. Fly fishing I do love, enjoyed being in the river with water up to my thighs with no one around and casting my heart out. Didn't catch anything, but my flies stayed on and the one my instructor put on came off. So I was full of myself. We went to Slough Creek, as this is a fly fishing paradise. So Kevin and Jeff I am now ready to go fly fishing with you two and show you a few tricks of the trade.

When we finished fishing, Carolanne and I headed to the Tetons on the Snake River for a few days camping, meeting up with the other gals. I have realized that I really don't enjoy sleeping on the ground, not being able to shower for 3 days, swatting off the bugs and wondering if the bears were going to visit. But I did have a good time, even through it rained for 3 nights, and just before we started cooking supper. On our last night, while in the middle of domino's, the Sand Cranes were creating a ruckus. So we decided to see what was up, and lo and behold a grizzly was crossing the Snake River, about 250 yards from our camp. We watched him until he got loss in the high grass. As you can imagine I didn't sleep very well last night. We took a side trip to Teton Village, hoping to catch a glance of Harrison Ford, as he has a ranch in the area. Then headed over to Jackson, had a fantastic lunch at Sweetwaters, and did some shopping. Then we drove back to the campsite in the rain, and spent the evening trying to figure out how to cook in the rain. Oh the campsite in the pictures were free.

My next big adventure is going to be a tour guide for Jan and Thom Williams. Looking forward to their visit to Yellowstone and showing them the sites.

More later..........

Hiking

This month has been taken up with longer distance hiking, and some other interesting activities.
I have, as of today, 56 miles of hiking. I hope to make 100 miles by the time I leave in Sept. I know it has been a month since my last blog, but what a month. I went on my first white water
rafting trip and what a blast. Sorry I don't have any pictures to post of that water trip. But, I have put some on the site of some of the areas that I hiked. The longest was Garnet Hill and I thought that was going to be the end of Betty, as I didn't have enough water. Planned for a 3 mile
excursion, and it ended up 8 miles long. But, after some resting up, later that week I went 4 1/2 miles thru the geyser basins, which was very informative. This past weekend I went canoeing with some of the ladies from my dorm. What a beautiful ride-We didn't do hardly any paddling, as we had a wonderful current and the water was crystal clear, with the mountain ranges in the distance. I am ready to canoe again. Today we went on Beaver Pond Trail, which is 5 miles. Every hike I have taken is an adventure, and the sites are spectacular. Love this park more every day.
More later.......