I'm spending the summer in Idaho at my grandparent's house. The house is in Idaho, but I work in Montana, and I go hiking in Wyoming. It's kind of like Four Corners except the corners don't touch and there are only three states involved.
My dad and I drove out here the last week of May and I've been livin' the dream ever since. If you think I listened to a song without at least one of the following words in it: dog, drunk, beer, whiskey, truck, horse, or girl in it, you would be very mistaken. The video below is probably my favorite country song of all time and just happens to be one that I do a remarkable rendition of.
This video has been dubbed and the music doesn't quite match up to what the video shows, but there are just too many good things for me to post a different one. The great 90's vibes are classic Garth. First, how about his electric guitar player's outfit? The hair of his backup singers is phenomenal. Besides singing along to this song, I also play this air guitar to it. At 3:34 when it really gets rocking I get goosebumps every time and I'm confident that my emotion carries over to whoever is around me. Last thing about the video- the head bobs that start at 4:11 are sweet.
My dad and I went fishing on the lake right across from our house (Henry's Lake) and Dad did a real solid and caught dinner. Not only did he catch it, he cooked it.
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| Great catch, Dad! |
The fish went from this,
to this,
to this,
to finally this!
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| Where we took the boat out from. |
It was clearly not my dad's first time pan frying a trout because it was absolutely delicious!!! We went fishing on another lake in a beautiful valley a couple of days later.
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| The half you can't see was HUGE!!! |
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| Good thing we had dinner reservations. |
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| Bison along the Firehole River. |
I've seen quite a bit of wildlife since I've been out here. There was a herd of about 50 elk that was hanging out in the mountains off the highway our house is on when I first got out here.
This is Leo. He was the only bull I saw in the herd of 50. Tough life. I haven't seen him or any of the other elk around the house lately because they finished their migration and are at their summer grazing grounds now.
This is Herman. He hangs out in the willows by the lake. I saw him with two other buddies the other night which was quite a sight. Three bull moose together? Insanity!
Lots of bison and their babies in the park!
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| Beep, beep! Excuse me! |
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| Notice the sweet bell-bottoms. |
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| Clear Lake. Named for obvious reasons. |
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| Sup bear track that wasn't there when I hiked through the first time. |
Life hasn't been all play and no work, contrary to what many will probably think. Since I've been out here I've had about every job at a restaurant besides owner. I've washed dishes, bussed tables, been a line cook, and waited tables. I had two jobs but wasn't getting any free time so I put my two weeks notice in and will be down to just one very soon. Hopefully I do some cool stuff sometime soon so it won't be so long until my next post. I know there are many anxious readers out there. Enjoy!
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| Casual mountain-scape in the middle of the restaurant where I work. |
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