I Didn’t Break My Ankle This Time

 

You are probably reading the title of this and wondering “what on earth”?  Well the last time I was in Libby for firefighting I broke my ankle during my fire assignment. I won’t go into detail but needless to say I was glad I didn’t do it again!

We chose to come through Libby on our way to Canada so we could do some fishing and see our friends Paul and Sherry.  I also was hoping to connect with another from friend from earlier Forest Service days, Becky, but couldn’t swing it.

We had an opportunity to get out and do some golfing the day we arrived. We encountered some unusual golfers at the end of the seventh green.  I don’t think they were too interested in playing or in us for that matter.

The view of the Cabinet Mountains is spectacular so you can see why we wanted to come to the course. It surely wasn’t to play golf according to our score!

Posing for the camera guy

 

We spent July 4^th fishing, exploring and of course having a barbeque.  The fishing was fun and we even caught some fish. Finally!  Too bad they were underage children so we through them back into the water. Izzy of course went to look for them once we did that but she just wasn’t quite fast enough.

 

 

IT by the Dam on the Kootenai River

Dumping into the Kootenai

We were able to get Paul out of the office Friday afternoon and play some golf. It gave us a chance to get caught up plus remember how well we used to play the game!  Over the weekend we were able to go to one of Paul and Sherry’s spots for fishing. Paul was the motor for the boat and Steve and I targeted fish with our flies. No not the kind you want to swat silly.  After a while Steve and Paul switched places so Paul could fish for a while. I think since it was his spot he had the fix in with the fish since he caught one and we didn’t.  It really didn’t matter to us as we were enjoying the company, conversation and the surroundings!

The View from the Boat

 

Steve and Paul relaxing

 

We ended our time with Paul and Sherry with one last golf game and dinner. It was so good to see them and Steve was anxious to fish the Kootenai but wasn’t able to as it was too high and too much water moving through so we might just have to come back once we leave Canada!

Paul and Sherry

 

Leaving Paul and Sherry's we encountered some unusual wildlife. This guy appears to be a cross between a mule dear and a white tail dear. What do you think?

 

Monday we ventured on down the road to cross over into our neighboring country. More to come from SIT.