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Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho
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I‘m baaaack
and keeping Summer Hours
as you may have noticed :)
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But I’m all in one piece,
and had the most brilliant time
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My Survival Kit remains sealed
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We traveled over the majestic Sawtooth Mountains into Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness area.
At one point (by land, not water) we actually crossed the spot where Lewis & Clark decided to turn back.
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Ya, we did.
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The Middle Fork of the Salmon River has many moods…
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All equally beautiful
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River’s edge in Idaho is no slouch either
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Our camp in the middle of paradise
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Snakes were wrestled
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Giant marshmallows slaughtered
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Waterfalls conquered.
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Ahhnd… then we ate cake 
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We definitely communed with Nature,
however I’ll spare you “Le Groover Chronicles”
Suffice it to say that old friendships were cemented and new ones quickly forged.
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One day we came upon the deserted lodgings of an infamous Middle Fork River hermit. With only a dog for company, he lived in this 8 X 8 structure for over 35 years, traveling to town just once a year for not much more than bullets, flour and salt.
I really couldn’t have imagined we had anything in common…
until I heard he also hoarded magazines.
Of course he used his to pack the spaces between the logs of his house as he had an extreme aversion to rats.
Odd lifestyle choice, considering.
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Speaking of packing… all in all I think I did pretty well- though in retrospect 4 hats and 3 books may have been a wee bit excessive.
A decent sized mirror would have been a much better choice.
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Party over 
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.I live to glamp another day.
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Oh, PS.
I just realized this is my 301st post!
That means I’ve been blogging for just over two years now.
What a wonderful Blogmance it’s been- who could have predicted it would last this long?
Thank you so very much for all the memories and for never cheating on me…
Uh…We have been faithful, haven’t we??!
xxx
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