We got there when it was dark so we went scavenging for firewood and came across a little stream across the highway and there were tons of fish in it! Brandon caught them with their hands because they were trapped in little pools, they were fish sleeping I guess, but there were Tiger trout, and Albino rainbow trout, and I think a regular rainbow trout? I can’t quite remember, but there were LOTS.
Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to go hike and fish. We went to Ruth Lake, Hayden Lake, Jewel Lake, and Cutthroat Lake, but we passed a few ponds and a river throughout the day. The Uintas are just FULL of lakes, it's kind of nuts. We hiked about 3 or 4 miles Saturday I would guess, and our best fishing was at Jewel Lake and in the rivers and streams. I caught my first cutthroat trout!
See how there is an orange streak on his throat? Cutthroat, get it? He was real pretty. I also think I like Tiger Trouts the best, they have a kind of cheetah print. This isn't one we caught, but here is what they look like:
Very cool. So we were dang tired from that day, so we got firewood and went back to our campsite. I took a nap and Brandon went and tried a different stream. He came back with a Tiger trout to eat, and we made sloppy joes, pork & beans, and the trout and it was a delicious dinner. Around 1am when we were just waiting for our fire to go out, a man comes walking down the highway yelling "HELLO? HELLO?" and it was pitch black so I got freaked out, and I think he saw our smoke or something and he yells, “Do you have a car? I need a ride.” And Brandon goes, "Wheres the gun?" because we took our .22 with us for safety, but it was in the tent so we just stood there as he walked into the campground and the guy camping next to us went to go talk to him and we could hear his convo, basically saying he was lost. So the guy gave him a ride and yes, we felt a little bit bad that we didn't want to help him and we were freaked out, but really WHY would you just yell asking us if we have a car because you need a ride?!! All we heard was, "Do you have a car? I'm going to kill you and take it!". So bizarre. Wouldn't you yell "I'm lost! Can you help me?". Here are some pics from Saturday:
On Saturday we met these guys who were hiking with their dogs, and they had little packs attached to them so the dogs could help carry things! Look how adorable! They LOVED the water and playing with sticks.
Anyways Sunday we woke up and went and fished a few more streams. One of them by Mirror lake was SO gorgeous, so woodsy with little waterfalls throughout, and we caught quite a few fish there! I didn't have my camera but it was seriously stunning. We left there and on our way down the mountain we stopped at Provo River Falls, which I can't believe I never knew about! It is so pretty, there are about 3 big waterfalls and you can play in them because the water isn't too cold, it was so nice. Here are some pics:
p.s. Isn't he HANDSOME?!
We also stopped to fish the upper Provo river on our way back, and caught a few fish there but someone stole our worms! We left them in the shallows of the river to keep cool and walked maybe 20 feet away and came back and they were gone! (They didn't float away, it was too shallow and we put a rock on top of the container) Lame.
It is so bizarre because there are these patches of SNOW on the mountains there, but it is WARM! We were in our swimsuits as you can see and we hiked up to some snow, which is in direct sunlight to see how in the world it can really be snow, but it was! You can even make snowballs! I'm so confused how it hasn't melted.
Oh and on Saturday we were walking by this little stream and there were tiny little froggies in there! We caught them and they were the most PRECIOUS!! They were just little babies because later on I caught another one that was much bigger than these guys, but still very very cute. And their swimming was so adorable too!! I want 20 of them.
We had so much fun, and will definitely be doing this again. The Uintas are seriously beautiful and if you have the chance you should go. Have a good week everyone!
4 comments:
What a beautiful area! Wow! I love all the pictures! Looks like you had a great time!
That looks like so much fun!!! And that little frog is so freaking cute! It seems like it was the perfect time to go it looks gorgeous!
Ha, I know a lot of people that were up there this past weekend! I honestly don't know what camping ground we ended up at. We were looking for one until 10:30 at night until we finally found one close to the beginning of the canyon. We figured the lower camp grounds would feel the fastest, we were wrong. Oh well! We still had a great time. Fishing looked like a blast! We'll have to do that next time.
Ashley, that is hilarious our experiences were so similar, we got there super late at night too and found the last campsite a little higher up the mountain... so funny! There were seriously TONS of people
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