Beautiful day from the very start! Chuck and I stopped on over to the Anderson's cabin to visit with Marci, Keith, and the girls. Thursday is always a great day because the Farmer's Market is amazing. We grabbed Marci and the girls and drove on over that way. After buying way to much produce we headed on home to get ready for our first official hike with Toby.
Lake Isabelle is one of our favorite hikes because of the flowers, waterfalls, lake, and the fact that dogs are allowed! It's actually located in Roosevelt National Forest, about 40 minutes away from our cabin - well worth the drive! Getting close to the entrance of that park, cars were at a stand still. I figured the tourists were looking at elk in the stream. But soon enough, we found out there were two HUGE moose (mooses?? meeses?) in the stream. The picture isn't that great but I didn't want to get any closer. Just amazing! Since hiking in the Rockies since 1975, I've NEVER seen moose on this side of the rockies. Such a sight to behold. In some of my later pictures of the hike, you'll see two cows resting in the meadow- they seemed pretty young. Below are a few pictures from this hike:
Lake Isabelle is one of our favorite hikes because of the flowers, waterfalls, lake, and the fact that dogs are allowed! It's actually located in Roosevelt National Forest, about 40 minutes away from our cabin - well worth the drive! Getting close to the entrance of that park, cars were at a stand still. I figured the tourists were looking at elk in the stream. But soon enough, we found out there were two HUGE moose (mooses?? meeses?) in the stream. The picture isn't that great but I didn't want to get any closer. Just amazing! Since hiking in the Rockies since 1975, I've NEVER seen moose on this side of the rockies. Such a sight to behold. In some of my later pictures of the hike, you'll see two cows resting in the meadow- they seemed pretty young. Below are a few pictures from this hike:
Two moose cows in the meadow
Love those purple flowers!
Chuck and I noticed a helicopter flying back and forth from the lake to another location. It wasn't until we arrived at the lake that we realized what the helicopter was doing. The lake was pretty much empty! We've never seen this lake empty. Men were working down on the lake releasing items from the helicopter. We later found out that this lake is usually emptied in October each year to irrigate nearby farms. The snow/ice and rain replenishes the lake throughout the winter and spring months. I was a bit disappointed but intrigued at the same time.
Emptied lake
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