After a restful night at Inez Lake, we loaded up once again in search of more adventure. This time we had our eye on the Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir area.
After stopping for breakfast (we always have to sample the local cinnamon rolls)...
we drove for a few hours and tried to do a little sightseeing at the town of BigFork, MT but decided to forge ahead when we couldn't find anyplace to park our truck and trailer. The town was cute, but not very trailer friendly. We decided to just get some groceries and find our next home away from home!
It's a good thing that we decided to forge ahead, because after arriving at the dam and examining it for a bit, we decided to drive to the most remote campground in the area. We found an amazing spot on the banks of Handkerchief Lake--the most amazing lake Kevin thinks he has seen in Montana--and managed to set up camp literally just moments before the skies opened up and poured rain around us for several hours.
We stayed dry in the Scamp until the rain passed and emerged to explore once the storm passed. Getting down to the lake meant a walk down our own forest trail (which meant quite a bit of yelling "hey bear!" to scare any potential bears away along the way).
Once again, Scout enjoyed swimming and Kevin tried to fish along the shoreline although he was bummed because he opted against bringing his belly boat and waders on this trip which meant he couldn't get to where the fish were. On our next trip, he better come prepared!!!!
We decided to spend two nights at the lake, and spent our days relaxing in peace and quiet.
We made sure to listen to the Cavs game on our second night at camp! We had no cell phone service, but the satellite radio in our truck worked, so we had a steak dinner with zucchini and corn on the cob while we listened intensely to the game. Every 10 minutes one of us had to restart the truck to get the radio to turn back on, but hearing the game unfold while sitting on a remote lake in Montana was surreal. I'm sure we scared all the wildlife away when we both yelled and cheered when they won!!!! We were pacing around the campfire for the last few minutes of the game!!!
Kevin built a new fire ring for our campsite and chopped a ton of firewood during the day, so when he said he wanted to go to bed early I didn't argue! I read a book for a bit under the covers while he and the dogs snored until I dozed off as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment