Doug booked a fishing guide for the day. I drove him from our lodge/condo while Ben slept in, and we had breakfast at "Moose Girls" - they had a lifesize cut-out of James Dean on the wall, and an almost crunchy granola menu. We discussed our fantasy 6-month trips - what we would do if we had 6 months to travel anywhere, and money were no object. And then we came back down to earth and talked about what we might do next year for our 25th wedding anniversary. Ben is going on a 10-day school trip to Italy and the Greek Islands at the beginning of June, so that would be the perfect time for us to schedule our trip. (The down-to-earth trip, not the fantasy trip.)
After breakfast, we met up with J.C., Doug's fishing guide for the day, and Angus, J.C.'s fly-fishing chocolate lab, and I sent a smiling Doug on his way.
Ben and I found the Ernest Hemingway Memorial, where we both got to do a little photography, then explored Ketchum. The moose on rollerblades and the dog on stilts were two of the highlights. (Sorry - no pics of Angus the Fly-Fishing-Chocolate-Lab, or the moose on rollerblades.)
We also found the weekly Farmer's Market and Art Market, and picked up some peaches, raspberries, marionberries, fresh eggs, a delicious Riesling wine, a huckleberry pie, and a salmon/jicama/avocado salad.
After we found Doug, we took him to the Farmer's Market to meet Farmer Dick, who wanted to share a fantastic fishing location with Doug. We started driving there before dinner, but turned around when the road changed from gravel to dirt, narrowed, and had a very steep drop-off down the side. Doug will put up with a lot of things in order to go fishing, but he draws the line at narrow mountain roads with steep drop-offs. Ben closed his eyes until we got back on the gravel.
Dinner was on the covered patio of an old Ketchum restaurant that included one "slow food" menu item each night, which I had - lamb meatballs on fettucine.
A lovely day.
No comments:
Post a Comment