I did a fairly big drive after leaving Craters of the Moon. We hit up Idaho Falls for some coffee and a shower but we didn’t stay very long. And we were back on the road around lunchtime. The next stop is Jackson, Wyoming.
We were fairly hungry when we arrived and we stopped at a BBQ joint in town. We were in the mood for something a little greasy. It was fairly good to be fair.
Then back in the car. I found a campsite northeast of town with good views of the mountains. We have to be in Lander this upcoming weekend and this will put us on the road that will lead us there.
It was such a tease though. In order to get to the campsite, we had to drive right by Grand Teton National Park. The mountains here are so beautiful. We will be heading back here with my parents in August. So we decided to hold off on visiting for now.
The camp itself was really stunning. Thirty minutes east of the national park up in the mountains. The view was absolutely stunning and we had a fire and made smores and just had a proper camping experience out there. The mosquitoes were brutal but no campsite is perfect I guess.
We got to the Dubois area the next day but the main draw was the camping and hiking in this area. The Wind River Range is in this area of Wyoming and we decided to go to Brook’s Lake and camp there.
This area is absolutely stunning. The lake is so blue and the view from our campsite of the lake and the mountains was great value for fifteen dollars!
In the later afternoon we hiked up to another lake and I did a bit of fly fishing and Amanda chilled out in the hammock and did some reading. I didn’t have much luck until this older gentleman came along and started fishing with me.
He gave me a few tips on how to use a nymph fly. The nymph imitates a bug rising from the lake floor as it makes its way to the surface. I wasn’t giving it enough time to sink to the bottom and bringing in the fly too soon and too quickly.
I was able to catch a foot-long cutthroat trout while I was there and I changed up my fly presentation. It’s the biggest fish I have caught on the fly rod so far. I still have a lot to learn but I’m excited to continue on with it.