Hansel and Gretel go fishing.

We like to find new off-the-track places to fish. Sometimes it works, other time it does not. So, after looking at Arizona Lake on the maps for some time, I chose to go there. There is no trail to the lake, but there was a pretty bad dirt road. It was mostly a stone road that was carved through a glacial moraine. I was a bit like a cobblestone road but made from 3-4" smooth round rocks.

We got close enough and found no trail, so we had to bushwhack - as planned. The only thing we knew for sure was go east - walk to the sun at that time of day. But it was through a thicket of down trees and you can easily get turned around. So what to do, how to find your way back.... breadcrumbs!

Actually we used tissues.

We marked our trail in
Found the lake - it was quite pretty - and home to some trumpeter swans

We found the lake was quite deep at the shore, so we could not wade in. We did see small fish in the shore area, but after a bit of throwing the line, we could not hook into a fish. I am standing on a "quaking bog". It is a soft sponge of grass that mostly floats on the surface. As you walk on it, it gives way.  A little like walking on a water bed.

We followed the tissues back to the car!  and picked them all up of course.