I've already been on a brief hike today. I walked the shore north to where the Fall River dumps into the lake. The river is more swollen than I have ever seen. Normally you can walk the banks up about a 1/2 mile, but not right now. There are numerous falls along the way, and they are all throwing mist clouds into the air that feel very refreshing when it hits your face.
Soon we will travel into town to visit Nana at work, and perhaps do some hiking as a family. We also hope to find some good spots to do some bouldering. We brought our climbing gear for that purpose. There is a nice little cove along the lake just north of the house where there is some good traversing. The rock face is negative so it adds a nice challenge.
One other thing we get to look forward to is a diving up into the north wilderness to retrieve Garry's truck. On Wednesday he set out to do some moose shed hunting. After a full day of hunting while he was driving back, he decided to take a drive down the Shoe Lake Road to look for an actual moose sighting. The road was never plowed through the winter, so it still had the lingering effects of winter on it. Long story short, he eventually got stuck and had to start back toward home on foot! Mind you, this is in the middle of no where, at about 8:00 PM. Shortly after he began walking it started to rain, and thus his prayers increased. About 22 miles and many prayers later, a sheriffs deputy "happened" to be driving that route (which he said he never does). Needless to say, Garry was relieved to have a ride back home. I think he finally got to bed around 4 am. I hope I'm that adventurous at age 63!
Here's a picture of the mountain man himself!
Have a good weekend!
I LOVE IT!!! Please greet Garry & Renee for us. We really miss them.
ReplyDeleteI just did! They miss you also, and so do we!
ReplyDeleteWe go the truck back just fine. It was good to get up into the north country. It was amazing to see how far Garry walked!
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