Hike to Hum Lake

--Written by a guest author, Zach himself--

So here we are; Cowboy, and Rochellie loaded down with a collective 60 pounds in our packs headed to that small drop of water there in the backdrop of the picture...Hum Lake! The trip included Zach, Rochellie, Sam Bones, Ma and Pa. We meandered into the wilderness above McCall, ID for a 3 day 2 night "Extreme Adventure" and that is exactly what we got!


Once there we all fished starting with the Billy B.A. Cowboy!


Rochellie and Sam Bones Gave it a shot also!


So did Pa... but Ma sat in her lawn chair eating bonbons and reading her book!


We took several of the slippery little fish lives that day and had a wild Cut Throat Trout Feast with lemon pepper and I can't believe it's not butter real easy spray!! Delicious!


This was the pristine beauty we awoke to the first morning after a scary night of Sam Bones Growling and barking at Cougars, Bears, and Wolves in the dark woods... It was really just a few little mule deer but Rochellie thought the worst and got pretty scared. Good thing the cowboy was there to protect her!


We decided to take an extreme hike with no trail (bush whacking) over the ridge "1,200 vertical feet" to a no name lake that Pa and I had spotted the first time we went to Enos lake some 15 years back. The hike took us to the end of Hum Lake and up to the top of the ridge and then down into the little no name lake. (We had to navigate the log jam at the end of Hum Lake which was a balancing trick as some of the logs rolled and sunk when you stepped on them)


The shot of the hum Lake Valley from the top of the Ridge into the No Name Lake.


Pa and I looking down into the No Name Lake

This pictures shows the Enos Lake Ridge line on the horizon with South Loon Mt. the highest point in the picture and one of the highest peaks in this region at 9200 feet.

This is the drop we made into No Name Lake from the top of the ridge Very Steep!

Yes we did some fishing here also and were successful! We didn't take any of these fish's lives though we let them all back to see another day.

Ma and Pa hiking out of Hum Lake on a beautiful Saturday morning.

The Snow flowers are in full bloom right now which is about one month later than usual due to a late spring and summer and a good snow pack.

The Snow Flowers cover the forest floor!

Our little Family on our first McCall, ID Backpacking Adventure. All the gear held up great other than Sam Bones pack which will be exchanged at our favorite store tomorrow for a new one!! Enos Lake is this week so keep checking the site for an update on the most Extreme Adventure of the Summer!!!