Wow, another great day a week after visiting the Coffeepot Crater with granddaughters. This time my daughter Jen came with as we headed out to see what the bottom of a lake looks like while the lake was drawn down for the winter.
Skies were threatening but we went anyway, knowing that many times fun things can happen.
We drove a gravel road through ranch lands, looking for John Wayne.
What we found was bright color...
In the form of sweet Zoe
Our first stop was at a former camp spot. Yes, the view was still there, thankfully.
We drove down onto the lake bottom and along next to the river that makes this lake, the Owyhee River, in it's original form before being dammed.
Jen noticed steam coming off this small stream, hot springs!
Mud cakes, humongous!
We had walked up into a cove and were looking down through a crack in the rock, imagining fish that might swim there when under water.
Looking down, we found a couple of fishing lures, lost by fishermen in boats above our heads.
A second hot spring that will be underwater again next spring when the lake fills up from winter snow melt. Two springs in one sentence, different meanings. Don't you love the English language?
The girls wanted to get out of the water for a while. Well...
Then we drove back up the lake a bit for lunch and a game...
of baseball.
So there we were, playing baseball at the bottom of the lake where next summer we will catch fish from a boat 50 feet over our heads. Funny how that works out.
After lunch we put the lake in the rear view mirror and drove up canyon for a hike.
It was a very scenic hike. The last time I was here there was snow on the ground.
Put on your zoom glasses to see Parker at the top of the dirt hill.
The wet stuff finally showed up, hoods were used.
It rained off and on during the drive home...
letting up in time to stop at a small playground on the Snake River
And that was the end of a perfect day, thanks for reading. Jen, Zoe, Dave (Baba) and Parker
