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
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