We arrived on Thursday afternoon in the midst of a wind storm. The lake is surrounded on three sides by mountains which produce unexpected and unexplainable winds. This day the winds were fast and fierce. It felt like we were going to be blown over on our side!
Supposedly a bevy (aka flock) of trumpeter swan spend their summer on the lake but we have not seen any yet. It’s also supposed to be a good fishing lake but John hasn’t found the energy to get his fishing gear and kayak out of storage. So I’ve had us walking around the campground and the neighborhood.
Yesterday was “Kill John Day”! I insisted that we take a hike on the Targhee Creek Trail. It was supposed to be 3 miles out and back, 6 total. I packed a lunch and we headed out at 11 am, temperature 85. It really was a beautiful hike along alpine meadows, through forest and along the creek. We had towering mountain sides on one side and mountain vistas on the other. We had lunch at the 3 mike mark and I felt good enough to try to go on for another mile. John was resistant but we started anyway. Big mistake!!
We turned around about 1/2 mile past our lunch spot and had to endure the sun beating down on us almost the whole way back down. Both of us were struggling to get back to the car and into A/C! With no water left in the packs, we were glad to be finished with the hike.
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