I left home at 7:30am on Thursday and arrived at Fish Lake in David Thompson country at 11:30am. I knew the outing was going to be a good one when I caught the first glimpse of a doe and two fawns getting a drink of water from a pond. Beauty.
There were storm clouds on the horizon as I headed south but I stayed
dry. In fact it was dry until I got camp set up. I snagged the last
first-come first-serve site. It was meant to be. Well, there were
other sites but nobody pays heed to the park regulations that state 'no
saving spots'. On the way to my site, there were at least 4 if not 5 of
them saved.
The camping part of the trip was a last minute decision so totally unplanned but I keep all the gear together. Well, at least I thought I did. The normal routine is to roll the poles inside the tent and store it so when I grabbed the tent, I thought the poles on top of the second tent belonged to it. Wrong. I had the tent but no poles.
That worked out okay because I rented a car with seats that could be adjusted so they fit like a glove and they were heated. Had the best camping sleep ever! Didn't hear any of the things that go bump in the night or the slamming of outhouse doors. It was drier than the tent would have been from the overnight showers and in the morning I turned on the car, cranked up the heat in the seat and was 'mosty toasty' when I crawled out to pack up the gear.
I wanted to leave early so I could capture the morning light on the mountain peaks and had hoped that the animals would still be out in search of food.
Fish Lake itself was my first stop before leaving the campground. It was cool overnight but the sun was out and steam was coming up from the water surface. The water was like glass. The only creature I saw in/on the lake itself was a dude skinny-dipping by the dock. As I left and headed west along the David Thompson highway, the first critter I spied was a hare.
The highway heading west is a tale for another day.
The camping part of the trip was a last minute decision so totally unplanned but I keep all the gear together. Well, at least I thought I did. The normal routine is to roll the poles inside the tent and store it so when I grabbed the tent, I thought the poles on top of the second tent belonged to it. Wrong. I had the tent but no poles.
That worked out okay because I rented a car with seats that could be adjusted so they fit like a glove and they were heated. Had the best camping sleep ever! Didn't hear any of the things that go bump in the night or the slamming of outhouse doors. It was drier than the tent would have been from the overnight showers and in the morning I turned on the car, cranked up the heat in the seat and was 'mosty toasty' when I crawled out to pack up the gear.
I wanted to leave early so I could capture the morning light on the mountain peaks and had hoped that the animals would still be out in search of food.
Fish Lake itself was my first stop before leaving the campground. It was cool overnight but the sun was out and steam was coming up from the water surface. The water was like glass. The only creature I saw in/on the lake itself was a dude skinny-dipping by the dock. As I left and headed west along the David Thompson highway, the first critter I spied was a hare.
The highway heading west is a tale for another day.
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