The ride up was interesting....miles and miles of sagebrush for a really long time, until all of a sudden you enter the woods.
The first thing that surprised us (well, it didn't surprise Dad, but I wasn't expecting it) was that fact that the reservoir was really low, and I mean really low! So low that it left this huge plain of mud where the bottom of the reservoir usually is.
The second thing that threw us totally off guard was that the reservoir was surrounded by cattle! Not penned in or anything...that's just Idaho for you! Camille and Kaitie got a chance to chase them off; they seemed quite bothered by us and avoided us the entire time.
After getting set up, Kaitie, Camille, Mr. K, Jojo, Seth, and Dad all went down to the reservoir. Dad and Jo tried to fish, but Dad commented that he thought the reservoir was pretty much empty and that whoever caught a fish should call in and win a prize.
While Jo and Dad fished, Kaitie, Seth, and I all threw a frisbee around in the mud. The mud was so deep that if you stand in it too long, you'll sink! Running in it was no easy task, but it was quite fun, and it turned into a mud fight. I wish we had saved it for the last day, when we were already dirty!
That night we roasted marshmallows and just sat around.
Sleeping in a trailer was so nice! Everyone kept saying they didn't sleep, but I slept well every night.
The mud pit
Trying to rinse off all the mud
Here is a good picture that shows how deep the mud was
Throwing the frisbee around in the mud (or trying to)
One thing that was weird about Sagehen was that down by the creek, there were literally thousands of puny little frogs about the size of your pinky nail. Here is Mrs. K with a little bit larger one.
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