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6/12/12 & 6/13/12

6/12/12, Palisades Reservoir - I took the day off Tuesday at my beautiful camp on the shore of the lake. Most of the day was spent relaxing, but I did manage to reset Doc’s front shoes. The lads had a great time on some excellent grass. Overall, this was a real “Number 10” day. I was pretty remote but managed to get some visitors in the evening.

Everybody is talking about the upcoming DNC and RNC. What about the Pelican National Convention? They held it in a little bay just south of me (I think they were working a school of bait fish).

6/13/12, Palisades, ID - I’m about a mile below the Palisades Dam on US 26.  The lads and I had a great day with good weather, unbelievable scenery and some really nice people.

In the morning, I hitched Doc and Bill as I knew it would be a tough pull back to the road.  It’s a good thing too.  If the two-track going out had been any tougher, I would have had to hitch up a third horse; but, they made it.

The road was very scenic as it wound along the east side of the lake.  This is a very underused lake that has some really tremendous camping spots all along the lake shore. I think with the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone close by, the tourists give those parks all the attention and leave this gem of a lake alone.

Palisades Reservoir - one of my favorite places.

Traffic was light all day and very considerate.  I broke the team out on the bank of a cove for lunch.  The weather was sunny and in the low 70’s.  After sipping a cocktail in a lawn chair overlooking the lake, I rehitched the lads and started towards the dam.

At one of our morning breaks, I stopped and talked with this great family from Missouri.  The boys managed to consume a couple of handfuls of horse treats and ‘all was well in the world’!

Early in the afternoon, we reached Palisades Dam, which is a large earthen structure. At this point, the team had put in fifteen miles for the day and I decided to find a camping place before we hit civilization near the town of Palisades, a few miles up the road.

I tried the campground at the bottom of the dam, but I had a problem paying the Federal Government $10 to camp when they already got my tax money last year (that’s a me thing).

The topside of the Palisades Dam.

So, about a mile below the dam I found a nice roadside camp on the bank of the Snake River for free.

Looking downstream from the top of the dam, which is only about 150 to 200 feet tall.

I had a ton of visitors tonight, to include Dale Armstrong, his wife and grandson from Idaho Springs. Dale has been following my blog for some time now and I first met him a few nights ago.

Sue stopped by to say ‘hi’ and stayed for supper.  She was great company and a charming dinner companion.

Dale Armstrong with his grandson sitting on Bill.

This was a really great day.

Tomorrow, I have a nine mile run up route 26 before turning east up Pine Creek for the small towns of Victor and Drill.