So here we are in eastern idaho finally.
In a place that i love called swan valley and this is upper palisades lake along the palisades
creek trail. Originally there was supposed to be eight of us on this trip but as you can see
the weather is not very good so it is just two of us it is myself and my new friend jason who
i met through the youtube channel. Here's what i like about jason, jason you know what i like about
you? Here's what i like about jason. I said we're gonna try to go through waterfall canyon,
there may be some flash flooding and you were like i brought the hammock because you said that there
might be some flash flooding and if there's flash flooding i want to be off the ground.
And that's the kind of attitude i like. When he heard there's gonna be flash flooding
he didn't say oh [ __ ] i better stay home. He said okay how do i deal with the flash flooding?
And that's my kind of guy, i like that attitude. So it's myself and jason out here braving the
waterfall canyon loop. So we've gone seven miles. We're at the upper lake. We passed the lower lake
and we're gonna stay here tonight and then we'll see what goes down tomorrow. There is some
flash flooding possibilities, there is snow. To complete the loop we're gonna have to climb
over a 10,000 foot ridge and i'm looking up here and it looks like there's a lot of snow
there. So it may be an out and back and not a loop we'll see. But we got this fire going,
thankfully, even in the pouring rain. So we'll do this, we'll just enjoy the lake and uh possibly
do some fishing. I brought my fishing pole, we're gonna try to catch some fish.
So what are you doing? I'm changing over from a dry fly to a wet fly.
Finally. This is how you do it you kind of
gotta take this don't step on this.
You wanna see this thing?
We're gonna have to grab another one.
I don't even know what this guy is but he's beautiful. Baby, little baby trout.
Look at that look at that guy.
Got him.
Give him a little breather real quick.
He still on? Uh huh he's right here.
You can see by the under, under his gill there you see that?
That's a cutthroat. So these are juvenile cutthroats i believe.
Oh this one's sweet.
What's up dude, what's up. That's sick.
Don't bite down.
We're just spanking fish like, dude was it like three casts after you caught one that i caught one?
So here we are morning of day two. The weather got slightly worse. It's a little
bit colder now. High's supposed to be 45 today. This has become a solo trip.
Jason left before i could even make coffee this morning. He said he was sick and hurried up and packed and
headed out. It is different, all of a sudden being alone than coming out here alone.
There is a little bit of a difference like there's a mindset to it so to all of a sudden be
alone out here you have to basically change your mindset pretty quickly and
kind of regroup. To pull this loop off i would have to go over a 10,000 foot ridge and i can't
i can't see 10,000 feet from here i mean it is socked in. It's probably snowing. I'm just
not prepared for that. So i guess the debate is do i want to go look at waterfall canyon?
All right it's six o'clock and i've packed up and i think i'm out of here. Here's some more hiking
videos for you. Youtube thinks you'll like this one. Thanks for watching, i'll see you next time.