Mirror Lake

We were going to go with Anita and Bob and my mom up to Mirror Lake in late August so they could teach my kids to fish.  We were sad to go without them, but it was beautiful up there.  David was travelling and it was just my mom and I and the four kids, not all of which were helpful or cooperative at any given time.  There was much more rain than I'd wish for, and I swore by the end I'd never do it again.  But now, eight months later when I look at the pictures, it looks like it was a fun time. Maybe I could be duped into it in the future.  We got to fish sitting on the same rock my grandpa did with my mom when she was a little girl.  I just have to figure out how to make it work, but there's a chance I'd do it again.

Rafting

We had a super fun time on the Snake River in Jackson, I think we did 12 runs total, Ben did 8 of them and had a fabulous Big 9 birthday. I did five or six runs I think. David and I did one of them in a two-man canoe (seen above with David and Ben).

I went into the river involuntarily three times over the course of the week, two of which were respectable falls (one was an eddy). The river wasn't too cold so voluntary dunks were pleasant.