~~~~ HIKE OF THE WEEK ~~~~

Today Amy and Jim hiked to the Lower and Upper

Palisades Lakes. These lakes are up Palisades Creek

which is below the dam about a mile. The hike was

about thirteen miles round trip with a vertical gain

of about 1200 feet. We hiked for three hours each way.

We are in training for some longer hikes for later

this summer. In July we plan to make the loop up

Strawberry and out the north fork of Willow Creek.

In August we would like to hike from the Goodwin

Lake trailhead, past Goodwin and Turquoise Lakes

and end up at Granite Hot Springs - about twenty miles.

In September we would like to hike in Grand Teton National

Park and make a loop up Cascade Canyon to Lake Solitude

and over the divide and to Holly Lake and down Paintbrush

Canyon. If anyone would like to go let us know. I would like

to have someone along that could carry me out if I

can't make it all the way.

Today, for the first time in my life, I bought a non-resident

Idaho Fishing License. It was $12.75 and the limit was

two fish, so these scrawny Idaho cutthroats cost me

$6.37 and a half each. But the hike was priceless.

Hold them a little closer and they look a little bigger !!!


This is Amy at the upper lake.

The upper lake is real green and pretty.

There were several waterfalls. Jared and I need

to go back up with his camera and a tripod

and get some good pictures.

Amy on the trail

Chicken Springs

This is the lower lake.

Palisades Creek

The trail goes up a beautiful canyon.

Great place to rest.

(Any place is a great place to rest)

End of a great hike.

We came home and ate fish

for the third time this week.