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| Another Mule Deer |
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| 2 mile hike to this place!! |
Wednesday we had breakfast wraps
then got ready to hike the trail between Browne Lake and the Ute Fire
Tower. Now Chris recommended starting at
the Ute Tower, but he has the luxury of having somebody shuttle his car to
Browne Lake. Not us, so we started at
Browne Lake with an elevation of 8,289 feet and climbed the 2 miles up to the
Ute Fire Tower at 8,834 feet. We saved
the walk back down the hill for the end and we were glad we did. When we got to the tower, there was a crew
doing some major repair/restoration on the tower. We talked with them for a little while,
learning that they are a mix of volunteers and paid professionals. Another organization to check into,
‘Historicorps.org’, they have volunteers help in the repair/restoration of
various historic places throughout the US.
After about a 10 min. break we headed back down the
mountain side,
enjoying the views on the way. The total
hike took about 3 hours so we take a short break and head off towards home…..only
to find 3 horses in the middle in the road.
We turned around and headed back to the CG by the lake, find the owners,
and they are off. They had caught them
and were headed back to camp by the time we got back to where we originally saw
the horses. We then headed home, walked
Rudy (a short walk) had dinner and then off to bed for Brad about 8:30, me
about 10:30.
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| The view on our hike down |
Brad is up bright and early at
4:00 AM. He has a fishing trip scheduled
for 5:30-6:00 and needs to be
out of here early. He leaves about 5:30, so Rudy and I lay in
bed, sleeping ‘til about 7:00…..better him than me. I managed to have one cup of coffee before
Rudy had to go for his second morning walk, so off we go to the CG down the
road and back again. I feed Rudy, have
some yogurt, then get to cleaning and putting things away around the Moho. I managed to stay busy while Brad was gone
and had just settled down at the picnic table when he pulled in. From here I’ll let him tell you about his
trip. The fishing trip was great other than getting up at 4 am. Johnny (my guide) did a great job. We hit 6 or 7 spots and caught at least one
fish at each stop. I didn’t need to do a
thing other than real them in. We were
fishing with down riggers for Kokanee Salmon and lake trout. I got 6 salmon (in the boat) but no lake
trout, Johnny even stayed out an extra half hour trying to get a lake trout
hooked. As we pulled back into the
marina he asked if I wanted him to fillet the fish and I said ‘well sure’. By the time I got to the fish cleaning
station he was already done cleaning them, I couldn’t have found a knife in
that time. I would like to try it again
but I need to find another guy or two to go with and share the expense. Once he got home, a quick shower, then off
to the Vet’s Office in town for Rudy’s yearly check-up, shots and to get his
broken due claw check out. We ended up
getting there an hour early, but they said they could see him in about 10
minutes, so Brad stayed with Rudy while I ran to Wal-Mart. As I was checking out my phone rang, they are
finished. I picked them up, we then
stopped for ice cream and then I head into the grocery store while Brad gets
the grill propane tank filled. We head
home, put the groceries away, and then have our evening happy hour chat with
Jim. We are just having burgers for
dinner, so Jim stayed and ate with us.
We never seem to know where the evenings go, by the time I walked inside
again, its 8:30 and time to head inside.
Tomorrow we have nothing planned, other than laundry and getting ready
for work on Saturday.
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| Brad's fishing trip and this is the only picture |
Friday we carry the laundry up
and get 2 loads started, then back to the Moho for breakfast on the grill. While cooking breakfast, Brad decides he
wants to try some of his salmon, so breakfast consisted of Bacon, eggs, toast
and a small piece of salmon…..pretty good.
It’s a cool, rainy day, but we managed to do 5 loads of laundry, fix the
bedroom window blind and take Rudy for a couple of quick walks. About 4:30 Brad starts the grill and we cook
2 fillets of salmon and give the Smith’s and Jim a couple of small pieces to
try…Delicious. After that we have
chicken on the grill with some steamer vegetables, then we get our stuff ready
for work tomorrow and we are all in bed by 10:00.
Saturday we got to work by 7:00
and about 7:30 I notice a movement out the front window, a mule deer buck had
just jumped over the jersey barriers, and while looking for my phone to get a
quick picture, here comes the second deer.
They managed to entertain me for about 5 minutes before they
disappeared. After that it was a very slow start to the
morning, very few guides and by 9:00 we only had about 10 public launches…..the
calm before the storm. I never thought
it could get this busy, but until we left at 1:00 we had almost 200 launches
and over 700 people on the river. Talk
about being overrun, I barely had a chance to eat my morning snack and luckily
for Brad, Jake came to help on the ramp.
It took both of them to control the flow of the traffic going down the
hill, but I could have used somebody up top helping to park vehicles, there we
so many we ran out of parking spots.
Somehow we managed to get through the day, but until we left, all three
of us were exhausted. We hurried home
to tend to Rudy, a quick snack then Brad and Rudy headed off for their nap,
while I started the blog. I worked on
the blog until they got up, then the three of us headed out for a nice walk, up
to the Canyon Rim CG, once around the CG to see how full it was, then we headed
back home. When we got home Brad sat
down to fill in about his fishing trip, and until he got finished it was time to
head outside and visit with Jim and Frieda (his poodle). The three of us ended up having the last of
the salmon for dinner, along with rice and some apricot Jell-O with pears in
it….pretty good. After dinner, Jim
started a fire so Brad and I joined him until about 9:00 then inside to do
dishes, make coffee and get ready for the next day. We headed for bed about 10:00 and Jim was
still enjoying his fire, but he is off tomorrow and we have to be at work by
7:00 AM.
Well here it is Sunday and I am
finally finishing up the blog so that I can get it posted. We had a very slow day today, in comparison
to Saturday. It was kind of nice having
time to breath, but it made
the day seem long.
Not much happened, we did have three little dachshunds go by to go down
the river, and the each had on a life preserver….cute. After work we stopped for a loaf of bread
back to the Moho to rescue Rudy a quick snack, napping done for Brad and Rudy
and now I am finishing the blog. I will
head up to the visitors center to do the posting, so in the next blog we’ll see
how this evening will go. Well things
didn’t go as planned, when Brad got up I asked for the camera so I could head
up to do the posting, oh no, he left it at the launch site. So Brad and Rudy jumped in the car and headed
out while I cleaned up and waited at the Moho.
They finally get home about an hour later (close to 5:00 PM); we talked
for a little, gathering up my stuff to go post…..no luck. First Jan came over, then Jim, and last but
not least, Don stopped over. The 5 of us
ended up talking until about 6:30, so now its dinner time, so no posting or
phone calls happened. After dinner, Brad
and Rudy went for their normal walk while I cleaned up, did dishes, made coffee
and finished my nightly chores. Brad and
Rudy came back, then the normal rest of the evening and all off to bed by
10:00.
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| The Dachshunds |
Thanks,
Diane and Brad
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