Wind River

We caught brook and cutthroat trout in Upper Silas Lake, but at Island lake there were large cutthroat trout. I landed a 18 incher that had a fly and line in his mouth that he had broken off somebody's line. I was unable to get a picture of him, but did manage some of the other big fish. Isaac caught a nice 13 inches by himself that tasted very good. We kept 4 of the smallest fish, but they were all over 12 inches. I've never caught that size of fish in the Uintahs so I was very impressed with my fist trip to the Wind River Range. I plan on an annual trip each summer, just call me if you want to join us.

Wind River

This was our second night at Island Lake. We were very tired after finally making it to this lake. It was a climb of 1.4 miles from Upper Silas Lake. We set up camp a distance from the lake, but had a nice spring running 25 yards from camp. Also there was firewood everywhere, which we took advantage of.

Wind River

This was our first night. We started hiking at 4:00 pm and ran out of daylight. We found this meadow with a stream running through it and made camp. I quickly caught several brook trout and we had a quick dinner before the rain hit us. We were safe in the tent all night and in the morning it turns out we were .3 miles to Upper Silas Lake. We stopped there for 2 hours and caught several fish before heading to Island Lake.

Wind River Mountains

Isaac and I took a backpack trip into the Wind River mountains. I had never been there and choose a basin that was 5 miles into the main lake. The hike was difficult as we gained over 1,500 feet in elevation. I've included several pictures. Isaac did very well carrying his pack. He was ready for the trip physically, but we came home a day early because he got homesick and was crying about not wanting to fish anymore and wanted to go home.

More of Snowy range Medicine Bow National Forest

In the mountains again

We are starting to settle in here in Cheyenne. We have found a neat alpine area just west of Larame with lots of lakes. We can drive right to many of the lakes or hike in with many trailheads in the area. It is all above 10,000 feet so it's a great way to get out of the summer heat. We are enjoying it while we can because the road is only open 5 months out of the year due to heavy snowfall.

The kids love to go fishing, but the girls mainly like to throw rocks in the water. Isaac is great at casting, but doesn't ever seem to catch fish.

Isaac and I have already gone backpacking and we are so happy to be out of the midwest where you cannot due any of this stuff.

My job is going well, but is very busy at times. I think it will turn out to be a good job.