Sept 17.

We spent our first night 0ut of the Great Basin in a one casino cow-town called McDermit. The hunting dogs, Belle and Fe, were aired, lightly feed and put to bed. I was tired but excited at how the "mean green machine" was performing. The diesel Ford carried the large Lance Camper without effort. I do not deserve such gifts from my wife and eldest son but they keep me happy.

Tonight was cold that night and I scrambled to find covers around 4:30. Belle was curlied tightly below and will need high protein feed to grow back her fall/winter coat for th upcoming water retrieves. Belle is another gift I do not deserve. She is always there faithful and never moody. Fe
, the German is a funny dogs filled with good intentions, avid and very hunter but seems never to be engaged with human but adores Belle. Fe sleeps upside down in her keenel. She is a most even tempered dog.

I come off the Oywhee to Boise via Caldwerll. Everyone raved about Boise but what a mess with sprawl all along I-84. Stopped by the new Calelas store to see a fast aging Jack Dudley. Had to leave Boise in a hurray up to fish Silver Creek near Ketchum/Sun valley. Hemmingway loved this Big Wood River Valley where he wrote in the morning hunted and fished afternoons and drank all evening. He loved the fall especially duck hunting the Silver Creek.