After the stress and frustration of dealing with the hostile neighbor and the disappointment of missing out on visiting the Ockeys at Palisades, we went with Gene and Lynn to Willow Flat Campground on the Cub River near Preston, Idaho to relax a little and settle nerves Tuesday, August 7th through Saturday, August 11th. We found a very nice campsite beside the creek.
The first couple of days we took dune buggy rides and Dad and Gene tried fishing on the creek down the canyon with little luck. In the evenings we played pegs and jokers and then sat around the campfire visiting until bedtime. We celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary very quietly on Thursday. That was about the day when Idaho Fish and Game came and planted fish just above our camp. Dad caught a quick few and we had a delicious fish fry one evening.
Gene and Lynn left for home on Friday but before they left we hiked to the main spring that feeds the creek. It was a beautiful hike, considering the drought we are experiencing this summer, that was reminiscent of some of our hikes in the Canadian Rockies three years ago.
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| Brink of a Waterfall |
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| The Spring |
After Liljenquists left we took a hike up to the secondary spring that afternoon. It was a steep trail that had been traveled very little up closer to the spring but it was again fun to see a significant flow of crystal clear water running out of the mountain. There were also some pretty scenes along the trail but not nearly as many as the previous day's hike.
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| Upper Part of Trail |
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| The Spring |
That afternoon we took a dune buggy ride up the "German Dugway" to the Paris Flat at the top of the mountains. The road was extremely rough and rocky and we had trouble passing several four-wheelers on a very narrow road on the way up. Neither the road nor the ride were as easy and scenic as we remembered from several years ago. Maybe it's what the four-wheelers have done to the road but I don't think we'll do it again. On Friday night a storm came in and it rained most of the evening and night. It's too bad that we got no rain back home from this storm where everything is burning up from the incessant hot, dry weather. There are also so many forest fires in the state that the sky has been very hazy now for several days. After a cool, wet spring we hope we can see some relief soon.
The first couple of days we took dune buggy rides and Dad and Gene tried fishing on the creek down the canyon with little luck. In the evenings we played pegs and jokers and then sat around the campfire visiting until bedtime. We celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary very quietly on Thursday. That was about the day when Idaho Fish and Game came and planted fish just above our camp. Dad caught a quick few and we had a delicious fish fry one evening.
Gene and Lynn left for home on Friday but before they left we hiked to the main spring that feeds the creek. It was a beautiful hike, considering the drought we are experiencing this summer, that was reminiscent of some of our hikes in the Canadian Rockies three years ago.
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