Fish

I went hikingcampingfishing in Boulder Mountain with some school friends over the weekend. As always, the pictures are nothing compared to the real thing (reference Plato's Cave). Still, I post.


Somebody thought it would be a good idea to hike a canoe (filled with our combined weight in fishing gear) a mile in from the truck to the lake. Alas, the canoe spent the weekend on the side of the trail about a quarter mile from the truck.


Sorry I'm blocking some of the view here.


Once the sun hit these trees it was like the world was on fire. This shot was taken about 50 feet from my tent just as the sun came up over the horizon.


Does anyone know why some of the aspens are orange and some are yellow?


Looking out from the shadows of a well shaded trail.


First we catch the fish (it looks small compared to my gut, I know),


then we kill the fish (notice the smoke in the foreground),


and then we eat the fish.


This view looks south. If you focus just above the horizon towards the right side of the picture, you can see Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.


This view looks east, and way off in the horizon you find Capitol Reef National Park.


We saw wild turkeys, deer (both does and bucks), a rabbit, a cow, an owl, and a lot of rogue chipmunks (throwing pine cones down on us from the safety of high branches). Only the turkeys hung around long enough for a photo.


The last 7 miles of the drive took us more than an hour because of all the boulders we had to maneuver over and around.