Hi there every body!
June has been cold, rainy and even snow off and on.
So, this was a great day by just being alright… Clouds were threatening but luckily that just added cool clouds.
Kessler Lake is at the base of the Eastern Front which is literally where the plains hit the mountains.
To the west of the Rocky Mountains are hundreds of miles of rolling mountains all the way to the coast. For the most part…
However when you go east of the park its open plains till you hit Chicago.
The plains get better weather and since Kessler is right on the edge we got a pretty fair shake on weather.
We drove up to Canada in the morning and found a road just north of the park.
It lead in to private property but there is a right of way through the cow fields to the boundary of the park.
There we met up with the barbed wire fence that marks the boundary and had to climb under it.
From here there was basically a trail leading along the fence line which we followed directly towards the Mt. Dungarven and Mt. Galway.
Along the way we had to schwack around marshy impoundments and over little grassy rises.
The lake was well larger than I envisioned.
It was very shallow through.
When I did finally get in I had to basically just lay down out in the lake.
Not much swimming going on.
When we first got to the lake, I had to sift through camera gear and we all ate lunch.
There is fencing that goes all the way to the edges of the lake as its half in the the park and half out. I planned to make my way inside the park boundary. So, I would be official, you know…
We were about to head to the fence and out comes a black bear right where we were going to jump in.
He walked to the lake, swam in and right back out. He shook off his coat like a dog and started bounding back up the little rise and out of sight.
The clouds all day were crazy. The dramatic filter on my camera was able to get some pretty great shots.
Kessler Lake
It was nice to have a so many people along.
I haven’t gone to a lake with four people in a while.
Aside from great company, I had a mini film crew.
Ed took my GO PRO HERO 2 and walked out in the lake to film.
Diane took photos with their camera for evidence.
Jenny staffed my new Olympus OMD EM5 and got video.
You three are awesome! I really appreciate it.
We eventually headed our way back to our car and drove back into the states.
Chief Mountain Customs Station
Great day!
Even enjoyed a great dinner with friends and a good Ranger IPA.
