Armstrong's in Boise: Trinity Lake

We decided to take the weekend and spend some time relaxing in the woods. The three of us packed up Friday by noon and headed out for Trinity Lake. If none of you have been there what you must know is that you have to travel quite a long way on windy gravel roads. Another thing you may remember is that Lucy hates gravel roads. We probably went about 15 miles on these roads and were only about 5 miles from the lake when we ran into a big truck in the road and the driver telling us the road was closed and we couldn't go any further. Back down the road we went and up the other side to get to the lake. Needless to say, we were a bit frustrated and exhausted by the time we got there. Luckily Lucy did great and didn't vomit once. We were also happy to see that there was still a camp site left for us when we got there.

We set up camp and Hazen hit the lake for fishing. There were some decent sized rainbow trout but we didn't keep any. Made some yummy freeze dried beef stew (it actually was aweful) and went to bed pretty early. We froze to death in our little sleeping bags and Lucy wasn't happy sleeping in such a small space with us. We were up early Saturday and on the trail for some good hiking. We went to a couple different lakes and tried to take a sun rock nap. It didn't really work since Lucy didn't want to take a nap. We headed back to camp mid afternoon to try to take a nap there since we didn't get much sleep the night before. Turns out tents really hold the heat and we sweated to death. Dinner that night was freeze dried chicken and rice and it wasn't too bad. Hazen did some more fishing and Lucy enjoyed watching. Pulled out some extra blankets and slept a little better but not much. Had our oatmeal for breakfast and were out of there by 9:00. Getting ready now for another week of work and then Teri and Mason will be here this weekend.

First thing Hazen did after setting up camp.