Saturday, April 30, 2016

Saturday Stories 04-31-16


It was a great camping/fishing trip with Diane’s husband, two sets of aunts/uncles and some cousins.   Stanley Lake in the Sawtooth Mountain Range in Idaho was one of their favorite places to go and the fish were abundant that year.  The guys would go out fishing for trout as soon as it was daylight and quickly had their limits.  They lurked about the campground waiting for new campers to arrive.  Soon they were making friends and generously offering the new campers some fresh caught trout for their lunch or dinner.  As soon as the trout were out of the coolers they were off in the boat to fish for another limit.  It was, of course, illegal, but they had SUCH a good time. 

This was also the trip that one aunt, one cousin and Diane drove out to the highway to have a shower at one of the places where showers were available.  Trouble was they only had three quarters and the shower was only something like five minutes – not enough to wash bodies and hair for three adult women.   So, everybody took all their clothes off and put in one quarter, giggling and laughing they each jumped in one at a time and got wet.  The first one started soaping/shampooing as soon as she was out then the second and finally the third.  As soon as the water stopped they put in another quarter and started rotating in and out to rinse off.   Finally, the last quarter dropped and they rotated in and out again to get off the last of the soap.  It is hard to describe how hilarious it was, Diane had never taken a shower to such a short time.  And neither had aunt or cousin.  They would never have made it in the Navy.
 
McGown Peak reflected in Stanley Lake, Idaho
 
This might have been Diane, who was oil painting at the time and painted this exact view.
Pictures from Google
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