Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Hiking and fishing

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On Tuesday afternoon, John was able to get the kayak into the water for 2 hours of fishing. Mostly though to just see if he could do it and to see if he could transport the kayak on top of the jeep.

We went hiking on Wed. morning along the lake shore and then back into the meadows and lower tree line. It was a good 3 - 3 1/2 mile hike and we were pooped! We have not really acclimated to the altitude yet and we probably over did the exercise. We didn't do much in the afternoon (after naps). It was cloudy and threatening rain so we drove into Lake George to get gas in the Jeep. Along the road we came across an Elk grazing along the shoulder. He wasn't the least bit afraid of us.

It poured down rain during our dinner hour but right at sunset it quit and we saw a beautiful double rainbow. Then we saw the BEAR! It was across the meadow and headed toward some tent campers. We tried to warn them but then lost sight of the bear -- I guess we scared him too!

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