Let's Go On An Adventure - Part 2

 After taking a full day to recooperate from our 5 Hour Adventure, I convinced the 4 of us to try again to find those darn Kokanee Salmon.  We double and triple checked our directions to the real Porcupine Resevoir.  Our drive there and back was several hours less than two days before.  Hallelujah!

We once we passed the town of Hyrum, we were way out in the country.  It was lovely to see such wide open farms and fields with breathtaking mountain backdrops.  No wonder one of the towns we passed was called Paradise.  It was a gorgeous, peaceful place where I bet I'd enjoy living.  

When we were nearing Porcupine Resevoir, the road changed.  It turned from a smooth, paved road to a singular, tiny, bumpy dirt road.  Three of us were not phased by that tretcherous road. Unfortunately, Mom was not at all thrilled being in the front passenger's seat.  Her seat shared the same side as the road's big drop-offs.  And to add to it, there were no guardrails to offer even a sliver of safety.  Mom soldiered on by bracing herself; turning her head away from the view creating her thoughts of supposed life ending doom.  What a trooper!

A small sign pointing to the Kokanee Salmon finally came into view.  We had made it to our destination.  After parking in an unlevel "parking lot," we made our way through the fresh thick mud to the Kokanee Salmon!  None of us had never seen fish migrating before.  It was neat to see these small groups of fish fighting with all their might to swim upstream.  Most of them made quite a bit of progress, but there were a few fish who'd give up, turn around, and rest a bit.  The water was so shallow, only providing a small stream for the fish.  I don't think we were there at the peak time to witness larger schools of Kokanee Salmon migrating.  

All of the quality time that the four of us spent together was enjoyable.  Dad kept a postive outlook the whole time.  Ryan slept through most of the miles traveled.  Mom made sure we all had food to eat.  And at some points, Mom and I even laughed so hard that we cried.  In the end, we all saw parts of Utah that we'd never seen before, all thanks to that original GPS pin we were sent.  So happy to have made these memories for us to reminise for years to come.