Kamloops BC Trout Dogs

Adventure begins
5am 6/8
Rich catches up with me at the Safeway parking lot. We roll up to Tonasket and load up Gary and Scott.
     By 6 am we’re at the boarder talking to the wimpy Boarder Guard with all the authority to tell us to turn around. But this one is cool and once he asked all the questions. Like do you have any guns, alcohol, drugs, or produce?  I tell him : Nope just go up to catch and release fish and spend our money for a few days.
When do you plan on returning?
 Probably Friday or Saturday unless our arms, gives out first from casting and hauling in big fish.
Go ahead I just wish I was going with you.
I stop up the road so Rich and Gary can catch up, check the map flip on the two way radios. It’s north for a bit over a hour on 97 past Peachland but before Kelowna we turn west towards Merritt on 97C.
In Merritt we stop for fuel, but none of our credit cards works.   Even tho I went to the bank to get it approved before hand and to get my debit cleared for use. I have more than a half tank so I’m good for now.
      Off to Walmart for Fishing licenses annul $80.00 + 4.00 process fee, or 10 day pass $50. + 4 process so what do you think I get. Yup full meal deal because I’ll be back, either go hit the Kettle above Grand Forks, or the Chilliwack, Vedder, or Harrison for Chums or Silvers in the fall. But I’ll be back. Or maybe get the wife to come up for a day or two this fall, like old times.
Walmart doesn’t have the food supplies we need some of our dinners so it off to Fancy’s Foods.  Fruit and Veggies, and I grabbed a cooked chicken for the final drive up the Coquihalla Hiway “better known as the Hiway thru Hell”
Thirty minutes later we are pulling into McConnell Lake thinking that we can Camp (WRONG) the parking area is full and no camping anymore. Back down the road 12 miles to Lac Le Jeune Lake and the camp ground. We make to cruse and find 2 nice sites #139 & 140 close to bathroom. Off loaded the trailers and RB camper. Ate some lunch, loaded up the boats and gear head back to McConnell Lake.
     The park attendant show up just as we were about to leave to collect the rent about fifty buck apiece plus he took me and showed me a fire wood stash that we could have for the hauling. It lasted until we left with wood to spare.
 3:30 pm windy
 There was hardly anybody around, a few stand up paddle boarder but no body fishing. Strange! We fish until 6:15 with no one getting the fish of a lifetime. Gary 2  small @ 6-8in, Rich 2 about the same, Scott zippo, nada, Me 2@ 14, 2@ 13, 1@18 I caught all of mine on a #14 Punkinhead…………………
    Back at camp I got the fixins goin for Kielbasa Stew, The food mart didn’t really have the stuff that I wanted but I made due, after just a beer or two some food in the belly we were ready to turn in early.
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