Glacier Lilies & Rainbows

Island Park, Idaho has always been the best vacation spot for me. I have been going up to our family's house there since I was a tiny kid & I was so happy to get to go this spring finally, after 3 years of being gone - the longest I have ever gone without going up there. It was so beautiful, with the snow melted & the Glacier Lilies blooming away, we couldn't have asked for better weather or a more fun trip.

Our first day there, we biked to Big Springs to see the giant rainbow trout under the bridge. Ethan loved feeding the fish & Aubrey was fascinated by the seagulls that swooped in, stealing the fish's bread that we threw. There was a little spot by the dock that Ethan liked to sit & watch the minnows & the Caddis larvae crawling in the water, dragging their little shells of rock over the sand.

We stopped on the way home & fished in a gorgeous stream, catching & releasing several Rainbows with some new flies that Austin had tied. Ethan liked wading in the river - getting his feet & pants wet, & spotting the fish for Daddy on the bridge above. We loved every day there, going fishing, biking & shopping in West Yellowstone (which is only 20 minutes from the house).

It was so nice to spend the weekend with Mom, Dad & Granny Morton - whom we don't get to see very much anymore. We are very much looking forward to going back this Fall for huckleberries!!