Good things come in three. And this could not have been more evident than over the past few weekends. I'll show you what I mean with a few words, and plenty of pictures.
Week 1: Spent the week with the family in Maine, with daily hikes and visits to the beach in Acadia National Park
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Hiking The Precipice Trail
Acadia National Park |
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More Precipice Trail |
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Holding back the tide at Seal Harbor
Acadia National Park |
Week 2: Traveled to Star Valley, WY for El Vaquero Loco 50 K trail race, a must do race for anyone serious about running in spectacular, high mountain locations. Ty Draney puts on one of the best, low key, high fun, family friendly events around.
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Brian Rawlings heading into the beauty of the Salt River Range |
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Corral Creek Lake |
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Found a few of these beauties while icing my legs post-race. |
Week 3: With the family still out of town, I spent a couple days exploring the Uintas. Some was old territory, much was new, and it was all loads of fun.
I started the trip a little late, around 11:00 am, with plans of summiting 5 of Utah's 13000 ft peaks. Due to the late start, running out of water, and not liking the idea of traversing/descending Lovenia and East Lovenia in the dark, I decided that topping out on Tokewanna, Wasatch and Wapiti(Wasatch Benchmark) would make for a good day.
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The view of Wapiti, Lovenia and East Lovenia (R-L)
from Tokewanna. |
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Topping out on Wasatch Peak.
East Lovenia and Lovenia frame Wapiti in the middle. |
At Red Knob Pass, I could see the turquoise blue of Crater Lake a few miles in the distance and after discussing it's fishing possibilities with a local sheepherder, decided I'd head over there to spend the night. The fishing was indeed awesome as I couldn't keep the Brook trout off my wooly bugger, and Crater Lake proved to be a twin of Corral Creek Lake, from the Vaquero 50k the weekend before.
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Mezmerizing. |
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Crater Lake |
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Brook Trout were in abundance in Crater Lake |
The next morning I headed back over Red Knob Pass and made my way to Dead Horse Lake. While running the Highline trail a few years ago, we traversed Dead Horse Lake in the early dawn and I remember thinking to myself that the fishing had to be lights out in a lake as beautiful as this. Indeed, the fishing for Tiger trout was nonstop both with wooly buggers sub-surface, and on top with stimulator patterns.
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Tiger Trout
Dead Horse Lake |
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The Mountain Bouquets were in abundance at 11000 ft. |
I finally pulled myself away for the 10 mile hike down canyon back to my truck. I stopped to fish West Fork Blacks Fork a number of times, and the fishing was non-stop for cutthroat in the upper reaches, and brook trout lower down.
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Cutthroat were small, but plentiful.
West Fork Blacks Fork |
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Buck Pasture
Looking upstream on West Fork Blacks Fork. |
All in all, a fabulous few weeks.
3- Mind clearing weekends
3-13000 foot peaks
3-species of fish in 3 separate bodies of water.
Indeed, Three is the Magic Number.
(you can listen
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