OFF WITH THE HUB...

Ron and I drove up to Fish Lake for the afternoon the other day.

It is about 30 minutes from our home, if that.

It's a beautiful mountain lake that has been watched over and

preserved since the early 1900's with agreed upon use between

the white man and the Indians. It's depth is 170 feet and the

width is1.5 miles. It sits at nearly 9000 ft. elevation and is almost

6 miles long. It's a very cold lake, one that you wouldn't want to go

water skiing in , it reaches about 50 degrees in the summer. It holds

lots of record breaking size fish! In the winter it freezes and then the

ice fishing is great too.

There is a big old lodge here...my favorite place ever!
It was built in 1911..it has big dance floors in it and
a restaurant too. At one time it was the largest wooden
structure west of the Mississippi, still operates today.

I love these old wooden doors on one end of it~

There is a path that goes the length of the lake...it is my

favorite walk, especially in the Fall season...I can't even

tell you how beautiful it is then. This bench was placed

here by the family of a man who drowned on the lake.

There are lots of wildlife here...

elk, moose (believe me, I know about them..this is

where I walked right into a moose eating in the bushes

as I walked this trail) deer, bobcat, cougar,bear...lots

of eagles and pelicans and all the little critters too.

It's so beautiful simmer, fall and winter...

this is a piece of the trail we love to walk with our dogs.

And you know that Cougar will be in the lake more than on the trail!

The trail is shaded in some area and sunny in other places,

Enjoy YOUR stroll....

This is the back of the lodge, it faces the lake. I love to sit out here

on a night when there is a full moon... watching the moon do it's dance on the lake!

Some big old Papa Bear chairs inside that sit in front of the fire.

I love the old windows that look out over the lake.

You can sit right here and have the most wonderful

food and night or day it's just beautiful.

The old fireplace that sits in the dinning room.

Ron and I, the day we bought our car...we've had lots of

day trips in it, like this one today...hope you enjoyed it too!


(Yes, we are still waiting for that baby!)

(I'll keep you posted!)