Meanwhile...

Meanwhile, back in the Beartooths on our camping trip last week, I took photos of our day hikes, including the one to Trail Lake - pictured here.
Trail Lake is often ignored by anglers; maybe because it just seems too easy. After all, as the name suggests, it is right off the main trail. Of course you still have to hike 11 miles from the trailhead to get there so that rules out those people looking for a day excursion.

I have always had good luck there and love catching the big cutthroat trout. I only ever fish until I have dinner and with these big guys, one is enough to feed two people easily.

 Dinner! Cutthroat are really good eating fish - not oily at all and the meat is firm and tasty.

 A view of the campsite from above with the falls in the background. Rusty, Pancho and Hobbit can be seen relaxing around the tent.

This shot shows a view of Kidney Lake from above. Nearby are Heart Lake and Liver Lake.

Ken with Rusty and Capola.


Here at home the helicopters continue to fly overhead hauling buckets of water to the fire. It has moved quite a bit further north and the wind is carrying the smoke away from us. It is almost easy to forget there is a mountainside burning just a few miles away! With additional resources pouring in over the last two days I really think they will have the blaze completely under control in the next few days.