A Lovely Summer Day

July 29th and 30th (Wednesday and Thursday) 

On Wednesday we rested, unpacked, and dealt with our groceries.  It was barge day.

On Thursday we headed out for a day on the lake.  It was spectacular; shorts weather first thing in the morning, still, and beautiful.  We got up to Little Red at around 09:00 and planed out over Link Lake disturbing the mirror-like glassy surface that was reflecting the perfect peaks all around. 

Because the water level was so much lower than any of the other times that we had been out exploring on the lake earlier in the year there were a lot of beach areas for us to check out.  We stopped at several of them and got out and explored.  

It was nice to be walking around in shorts and t-shirt and flip flops, and feeling the heat from the sun.  Ah summer! 

 

We found some beautiful sandy areas, some large bear tracks, and an old A-frame structure.  The A-frame was still in quite good condition, although a large tree had fallen right behind it and one of the branches had broken a window.  There was a small fireplace and a loft upstairs.  On our walk up to the A-frame we had noticed two huckleberry bushes that were loaded with berries.  On our way back to the lake we picked them into my hat, some were red and some were black and they gave us enough for a handful each for dessert after our lunch.  

We headed back along the lake to the area of Triple Falls, where we had our lunch.  We laid out on our beach blanket and went swimming whenever we got too hot.  It was lovely.  

At around 14:00 Ken and Shelly came out to join us.  We had invited them the day before.  We had a lovely afternoon and evening of visiting, swimming, shooting skeet, and we had burgers cooked over a fire for dinner.  

We fished our way back stopping at different areas to try.  I caught three nice trout, which we kept for dinner for the following day. 

What a lovely summer day!

 

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