A lazy Sunday on C J Strike Reserivor and more...

It is warm and sunny today and we sat out for the sunset... We plan on moving on so we didn't have a campfire tonight. 

The weekend campers have left the sites so we can enjoy the peace and quite to ourselves. 

We do plan on moving on Monday, but for today as you can see this is another special place.  We will move on into Nevada as we leave the great state of Idaho. We have spent the last month or so exploring Idaho and we found this is a very speicial place and as you can expect we will be back.  We now have the experience of traveling many of the main routes.  Look at that statement... main routes ... there are only a few of them.  We even came over the divide on a gravel road for god sakes.  Who could get over the splendor of HW 12. Now that we have been over the roads and seen the area it gives us a clue on where we want to come back to, so as to spend more in depth time. It is not easy going anywhere in this state. It is more isolated than we had expected by just looking at the maps. This is not a drive through state, you have to love it here to live here. Me thinks UPS  and FedEX is loosing money by delivering goods to these people. 
As people from a midwest background we were not ready for all the wilderness we found in Idaho. We found so much more than we had expected. So many times we think, as we travel down the road  "This is just more of the same. But Idaho is a whole new deal. We will be back. Sometimes I think we have seen it all... as we have been to so many places in the west... But as we get off the interstate and get back into it, we find we are only on the edge of what is out there for us to explore. Our journey is only beginning. 
A big rig looking for a tent experience...We are always on the edge.. of where we can fit into. 
 
 
 

Thursday  Oct. 7

As promised Terry's 2010  Fly Fishing Report.

His post talks about fishing last spring in New Mexico and now while on our fall trip in Idaho.
If you fly fish you can learn much from his real  life experiences. There is no hipe from a fly shop here, 
just true talk about what it was like, what he used to fish with, and where he fished this year. 

Now if that doesn't trip your trigger not to worry if fishing isn't your thing. That is OK, makes more room for the rest of us to find that perfect fishing spot.  Just like I love RVers who are big golfers who rush to fancy RV parks to partake in their sport. It leaves the boondocking sites open for the rest of us. To each their own, it is a big campground out there. May we all find our spaces we each like.

We are spending much time on the internet exploring where we want to stop while going down east central NV.

(Maps from Public Lands Information Center)

Right now the plan is head south down to Elko, NV on HW 225 from ID. 
Then later to Ely and south while doing so on as many local paved back roads as possible. I stress paved as some first thoughts for travel after checking turned out were numbered routes but were actually dirt according to our Benchmarp Maps Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas. Not good. If you thought Nevada was flat and uninteresting stay tuned. 
RVs with boats are starting to move into the campground.  So me wonders if they are here just for the fishing. Me thinks we are looking at fishing tournament or a water duck hunting season to open.  Will keep you informed with the weekend events. 
 
 

Wednesday  Oct. 6

We moved up in the world so to speak.

How is it we came up in the world... We were below the dam and decided to move up to the campground above it. 
The sun came out about 2 PM and we said lets move. So now all is well with the world. After I took this shot I started a fire in the fire pit on the other side of the picnic table. And discovered I have 3G Verizon service up here. Pandora music tonight on my Droid Incredible.

If it warms up we can go swimming as this is the view from our site looking towards the dam amd the swimming area and picnic area.  Idaho Power does a wonderful job in these parks for the public to use. All this is free. 

Fish were jumping so I sent Terry off to go fishing of the dock. No luck but he got to put his line in the water... never a bad deal.

Yah he still is working on his fishing report... We will be here for a few days so it should get done as rain clouds are moving in from the south so tomorrow we should have time to internet it to get it posted. After that the weather is looking good for the weekend. We should get our Priority Mail at a the Post Office on Friday. As we plan ahead we wonder why rush from the this great location into Nevada to get to Quartzsite. We have gobs of time to get there so why rush. To reinforce that point do scroll back up and look at the pictures of this FREE campground again. 
 
 
 

Tuesday  Oct. 5

Keeping a low profile.

Still hanging out at the C J Strike Reservoir. 

The waters are full of cormorants, sea gulls, geese, several varieties of ducks, and of course large jumping carp.
Watching nature is a fulltime job if you want it to be. 

The weekend campers are all gone and we have the place to ourselves. The weather has turned cooler with on and off rain showers. A big change from last week of being down right hot. We as advertised made it to Mountain Home to get a oil change but the Chevy dealer told us they could not do the front end alignment as promised. Same old story their alignment machine couldn't handle duallys. So we went right down the street to Les Schwab and they got us right in and did great job. I had been trying for a long time to get this done as so many tire places can't do a dually truck. But Les Schwab Tires sure could. And they were friendly and prompt. I will go back to them whenever I am in an area they cover. Mostly in the northwest.

We are just hanging out on the internet taking it easy. I have requested our mail forwarding provider to send us a bundle so will wait for that. No cell service but we of course are getting email. Not in a rush to do or be anywhere. That's what's it's all about don't ya think?  May move up to the lake view campground on Wednesday for a change of pace.

Terry sez he is still working on his fishing report. We shall see as he claims it is now up to three pages.
 
 

Saturday  Oct. 2

We hit another jackpot in camping sites.

We are south of Mountian Home, ID. at the C J Strike Reservoir below the dam at Scout Park, and should I dare say it again. In a FREE IPC campground. And to think people head to Walmarts. 

Boise is northwest going up I-84.

We are below the dam center campground. There is also a great park to the left of center on top with views of the lake. 
After a few days we may move to the upper level. We have a appointment at the Chevy dealer on Monday for a oil change and front end alignment. Mind you, not till 1 PM as I'm retired and not getting up early for such things anymore.

We choose on the water as hoped Terry could go fishing. But it looks like fly fishing is not the sport here. They are out fishing to be sure but with giant polls stacked to the ground, bottom fishing for White Sturgeon. Terry would look a little silly with a light fly rod. 

Terry has promised to write up a fishing report of where he has fly fished in Idaho on our trip this fall and what his results were.
 
 
 

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