Final Vacation Recap (Pics only)

Days 7-10


(Grand Tetons)


( Me on the South Fork of Snake River)




(Big bull moose)


(Henry's Fork rainbow)


(Kids with my aunt Sue's dogs)

Vacation Recap Cont...

Days 4-6



Day 4-

Molly and her aunt drove to Helena to do a little shopping? I don't get it, but they had a good time and brought back some food from the big city. The kids and I went exploring a little. We drove to the the town of Augusta and had lunch. Then we headed out to a lake to try our luck at fishing. Very pretty lake with the mountains all around and I forgot to take any photos. Oh well, we ended up throwing rocks and driving around these dirt/gravel roads checking out the local wildlife (photo above). By the time Molly got back we were starving so I ate some left overs from the Macaroni Grill. Weird to be eating that kind of food at this place. Before it got to dark I took Caleb fishing on the river by the cabin and we caught 5 trout in row. I was using my spinning rod so Caleb could reel them in. He had a blast!

Day 5 -

I tried my luck at fishing again on the Missouri, but got blown out. I'm talking Eastern Oregon wind. Went back to the cabin to find that Caleb, while playing jump off the bunk beds, sprained his ankle pretty good. I tried to get him to keep ice on it but he couldn't quite handle the cold. We all decided to go back to Augusta and have a final feast at this bar/restaurant. After, Molly was concerned so we drove about 20 miles north to a town with a small hospital to check Caleb out. They said he sprained his ankle! Oh well, I guess better safe than sorry right? We then headed back to the cabin and watched a few movies before bed.

Day 6 -

Woke up early and cleaned up around the place and got everything packed. Drove to Idaho Falls, which took us about 4 hours or so. We really enjoyed our stay at the cabin. More later.....


( Bunk House)


(Dearborn Canyon in the background)

Vacation Recap

Days 1-3


(Big Sky Country)

This was the longest trip that we've been away for thus far and let me tell you it was a blast! That's the fisherman talking of course, but we all did have a great time. The driving did not bother me one bit with all those mountains and rivers. I will briefly recap the events from our trip with mostly pictures and very poor grammar.

Day 1

Up early and drove to Molly's aunt's cabin near Augusta, MT. The drive takes you through Missoula and then you take HWY 200 following the real Blackfoot River until you get to the town of Lincoln from there it's about an hour of paved and gravel/dirt roads to the cabin. The cabin and bunkhouse are located on the Dearborn River, which borders the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wilderness area. Real mountains here. The cabin was awesome and the location is just out of this world if you like being in the middle of no where, with no cell phone coverage. The cabin and bunkhouse are like homes (i.e. TV/DVD, kitchen, bathrooms etc.) so it was nice to kinda stay clean and have some creature comforts. We basically relaxed the first night, although I did a little fishing on the Dearborn and caught a handful of wild native rainbows. A 13 inch fish is still in the freezer up there!

Day 2

Before we left for this trip I finally realized the location of this cabin was in proximity to one of the finest trout streams in the world = The Missouri River. So I woke up early (5AM) and drove about an hour to Wolf Creek, MT and proceeded to get schooled that morning by 18-20ish inch rainbows. I did manage a few smaller brown trout down river and after lunch headed back to this stretch of the river:


(The Mighty Mo as the locals call it)

I finally figured out what the fish were eating and found a spot where there were 4-5 big fish feeding and was able to hook 3 fish and land two of them. Both fish were 18-20 inch rainbows and fought harder than any fish I've ever hooked on a fly rod! See photo:



I was excited to catch these kind of fish on a river as difficult as the Missouri on a fly I tied myself. I will be back there next summer for sure. Molly went on a hike while I was gone and had fun, but hurt her feet a little. She took lots of pics with her new phone, too bad she forgot to save them. Ha!

Day 3

The weather turned a little stormy on us but then cleared up later in the day. Molly and her aunt enjoyed hanging out in the cabin watching movies and relaxing. I took the kids for a little hike which lead to this bridge over the river. Caleb and Alia are both going to be fine fly fishermen/women because while on the bridge they spotted a nice size trout rising eating flies off the surface before I did. I proceeded to hike down behind the fish and caught him on the 1st cast. A nice 14 inch trout, which I let go much to the disappointment of my fishing partners. We then proceeded on our hike and scarred up a Sage Grouse. They're the dumbest birds I've ever seen. The kids had a good time picking out their hiking sticks and posing for the camera. More later.......




(Wilderness/Bear country.... I will have a larger caliber pistol for next summer)