From the Mountains to the Furnace

I just rolled in from the Wind River mountain range in Wyoming where I taught a 30 day wilderness backpacking course for the National Outdoor Leadership School. We had a great course and I think the Winds is probably one of the prettiest places I have ever traveled through, with giant granite cliffs, high mountain lakes and wildflowers everywhere. 

The students were great and we ticked off 110 miles of hiking. We summited Wind River peak and Mount Victor, crossed the continental divide at Hailey pass and navigated a variety of lesser peaks, passes, and drainages. We saw a few moose, several deer, a set of bear tracks, and a heck of a lot of trout. We got rained on occasionally, but no snow. 

The mountain lakes were absolutely perfect and we swam in our fare share of them. Most of the lakes were full of trout and our course greatly improved our fly fishing success rate over the course. By the time we got to the last lake we were eating more fish for dinner than the food we brought with us!

I am home with my beautiful wife now, relaxing after a day of diving at Lake Travis. She is getting geared up to be a certified diver so we can take the Great Barrier Reef by storm in a few months. Life is speeding up since we decided to head out on a Great American Roadtrip in October. Stay tuned for a new Rosie ad coming up!

Mike