Escape to the Tetons!

R and I had a GREAT quick 2.5 day escape to the mountains of WY & ID & MT for some fly fishing.

We spent our first afternoon exploring Jackson Hole, WY.  I had never been and had so much fun exploring the shops.  Naturally I somehow found myself in a toy store.  

After booking my ticket at the last minute, R heard of a great restaurant in Jackson and somehow managed to get very last minute reservations!  So we changed clothes in a  public bathroom and had a lovely romantic dinner together.

Then we drove a few hours to the middle of nowhere, ID (actually a place called Island Park)

where some of the best fly fishing in the country is.

We fished the Snake River and had a blast.

The weather was perfect.  We laughed a lot.

We enjoyed spending hours just being outside and being together.

 And I must admit that I think fly fishing is a very sexy sport.  I loved watching my R fish - he loves it and it brings him a lot of joy so it was fun for me to watch him.  It's such a technical sport but he makes it look so easy.

 And every time he caught a fish he was so nonchalant about the whole thing.  I squeal and take pictures and get excited when I catch one.  Not R.  He just catches it, releases it, & tosses it back in.

 R caught a lot of trout.  We mostly caught rainbow and brown and cutthroat trout.

 Sometimes, I took a break from fishing and read.  It was glorious.  Glorious.

 I read 1 thick book in less than 48 hrs and then started a new one.  Sun, my husband near by, a fleece for the cool morning, and a great book.  I was a happy girl.

 On my first day, I only caught "exotics."  (Some people call them trash fish or whitefish but I prefer the more flattering term, "exotics.")  I was happy just to catch something!

But on day 2, we fished the Madison River into Montana and I had so much fun catching trout finally!  A few got away but I managed to get 5-6!  They were so fun to catch!

We so needed this time together.  A huge thanks to both sets of our parents for making it happen for us.  Cookie & Lovie babysat Will & Ellie while Honey & G-Dad arranged the guides and cabin.  Thank you!!!

It was a perfect long weekend.