Montana Fishing

 Saturday, August 19, 2023

Ok this is going to be a short and boring post. 

We had a big travel day today from Spokane to Dillon, Montana. We were ready to get out of the smoky haze and finally got clear skies when we entered Montana. It was a shame that we couldn’t appreciate the scenery of  Coeur d’Alene, Idaho which was only a few miles from Spokane. I guess it is the elite place to go (kind of like Aspen) and there is a beautiful lake there…or so they say..nothing is beautiful in a smoke cloud!

We got off to an early start- early for us- so that we could get to Dillon by early afternoon.Many years ago when the kids were little, we camped at the KOA in Dillon on our way to Glacier National Park. Don has been dreaming of the epic 2 hour fishing experience that he had there on the Beaverhead river ever since. 

As soon as we got set up he headed to that magical hole right there at the campground. (By the way, it isn’t a KOA now but just the Beaverhead Resort.) He was not disappointed and had a fun afternoon of fishing including a story of the big one that got away..

In the meantime, Bear and I went for a walk and found the dog park. Normally we don’t go to dog parks because we don’t trust Bear to not pick a fight with a bigger dog - which is pretty much every dog. No one was there so we went in and I found that he really doesn’t get it. He stayed right by me the whole time. Sadly, if his big sister was with us she would have showed him what to do.

Yep, other than watching the Broncos lose by one point that was our day!

The great fishing hole - but don’t tell anyone!