Cherry Lake - July 2016

We had an AWESOME Cherry Lake trip this year!  The highlights were:

1. The lake was FULL!  Which meant that you only had to walk your tent, bags, food, etc. 100 feet above the high water mark.  Last year we had to hike it about a quarter of a mile because the water was so low.  We had a great spot with our own little bay.

2.  We saw river otters in the Magic Fishing Hole!  First time ever!  And when we asked the Ranger about it, it was the first he had heard of river otters at the lake.

3.  We launched Jim's expired rescue raft - check soon for a blog post on the adventure.

 4.  Lots of water fun including:  walking on the log jam (above): swinging from the rope swing (below); cliff jumping;  and putting together the kayak, the SUP and the rescue raft to make a "flotilla" for blue gill slaying.

Jeremy

Jeremy

 5.  There was a lot of game playing (mostly liars dice) and hanging out on the boat.

All our toys

We start begging for the sun to go down after a long day on the lake!

6.  There were a lot of fish caught!  We caught our first trout in over 3 years at the lake.  The Magic Fishing Hole did not disappoint.  Nor did the blue gill!

G at the Magic Fishing Hole

 

 7.  Ahi got in the lake and swam back to the boat my herself after going to shore for a potty break!  So brave!

Magic Fishing Hole

Amanda catching her first trout....ever!

When at the MFH, I have to sit down with Daisy because I am afraid she will slip and fall into the river

Testing the rope for the rope swing

We ran into some trouble with the jetski but Jim and the crew had the problem diagnosed and fixed within about 30 minutes.

We went back to the MFH the second morning so the kids could see the otters...but we were skunked!  Luckily they saw one later that day.

Surfing Ahi

 This is Ahi sound asleep on her back in the tent at about 9:30 pm.  Camping makes her very tired!