CAMPING AT WARD LAKE
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Stacie lately have ben talking about camping, fishing... spending some time together. So for this trip I left me bike behind.. |
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17 miles of narrow and twisted mountain road. Max speed 15mi/h and passing other traffic is really challenging |
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I'm pretty sure we need to go that way...! |
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Out there somewhere in those mountains we will be kicking back for several days ...catching all kind of fish ...having a good time.. |
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This looks like pretty good lake.. |
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And campsite is perfect ...I think this is it.! |
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One ...Two...Three...and all done...time for the dinner.. |
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Not sure what's going on here so let's move on.. |
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Making baked potato...the butter is very very important. Actually the more butter the better.. |
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Here is one happy camper.. |
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Stacie roasting marshmallows.. I just do not get it. What's so good about this burned sticky white substance.. |
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While potatoes were baking we got the card game going.. |
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Pork Chops and Italian sausages - delicious! |
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Diner is served...dig it in! |
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Ant that is al for this night. Let's go to bed so we could get up early and start catching all kind of fish.. |
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5am next morning someone had a really hard time to get up.. |
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Coffee in one hand fishing rod in another.. |
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Several pictures of the Ward Lake in the still september morning.. |
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...so like three hours later we did not got a single bite. We tried everything but fish just was not biting.. |
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Another hour went by and the frustration settled in.. |
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So we decided to take the brake and explore the local area. |
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Like 50 yards from our tent we found the giant pile of bear crap ...I know Stacie is going to sleep good tonight.. |
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But anyway, we drove to Florence lake. I was hoping to buy some night crawlers in hope to catch some fish...this was the last and only thing we did not tried yet.. |
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The Florence Lake. 5 weeks ago water was all the way to the top. |
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Stacie bellow the Florence Dam. |
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On the way back we stopped here and there to take some pictures. |
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I was right the Night Crawlers was the food the fish was looking for. |
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Not bad catch...for 30 minutes.. |
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Let's clean those puppies before the bear comes in to the camp.. |
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My dinner that night was fresh fried rainbow trout.. |
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Our bedroom.. |
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Fresh coffee is a must have every morning.. |
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...and fresh smile.. |
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Saying good bye to the lake.. |
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All packed and ready to go.. |
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Got "framed" by trying to steal some tag from the PG&E pole ...I swear I left it there.. |
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And that's it...just like that 3 day mini vacation was over ...can't wait until the next time.. |
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