Fishing, and then home

Richard fished early, with no luck. Richard and Marianne fished midday, no luck. We considered trying the streams in the Cherokee State Wildlife Area, but when we called, we found that the roads had closed September 1st, and the hunters were out, so we decided to pass.

We drove home without incident. We made an interesting stop at the Jax Farm and Ranch store in Fort Collins. We bought propane and udder cream. They also had nipple stimulator, but we figured that we did not need that.

As we got close to home, we noticed that the fuel gauge was still around a quarter of a tank, even though the tank did not start completely full. So Dowdy Lake is substantially closer to Boulder than Delaney Buttes, which always requires a fuel stop on the way home.

Richard

A Short Trip to Dowdy Lake

We decided to get away this week, but did not have much time, so we decided to drive up to the Red Feather Lakes area, which we had not visited in several years. The only open Forest Service campground is at Dowdy Lake, which is open year round. Conveniently, the campground has electricity, nice this time of year.

On the drive up, we kept seeing signs warning of a controlled burn, and caught sight of smoke from time to time. Eventually, we drove through a valley full of smoke. Luckily, the smoke did not extend as far as Dowdy Lake. It is very quiet here.

The lake is beautiful, with interesting rock formations. Richard went out fishing for an hour and a half, and caught a ten inch trout, which he decided to keep to give to a friend. Marianne relaxed and read.

Richard