{"id":15141,"date":"2023-07-13T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=15141"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:09:56","slug":"deer-lake-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/15141","title":{"rendered":"Deer Lake Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jim wants to scope out some other fishing spots for John and him. Custer State Park has a multitude of lakes and fish-able streams. Deer Lake is near Flag Mountain where there is an abandoned fire tower or lookout or something, so we are going to turn this into an event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I kind of like going to visit fire towers or at least the area around the towers because the views tend to be spectacular. And this one does not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the way around, 360 degrees the views are amazing. I can feel my eyes stretching and relaxing as I look to the horizon. It feels good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in the day, before becoming conditioned as a society to the Internet and the constant bombardment of some sort of media, this would have been a good gi, just watching for fires and enjoying the view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I could handle waking up to this everyday, in the short term. Like for a summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is even an old latrine for long-term habitation of the site. I didn\u2019t take pictures of the inside because, well, who wants to see a poopy-pit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not Sadie, not Eli, not Jake seem to have any fear of heights or falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are bounding all over the place, walking right up to edges and looking down. They are giving us humans heart palpitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jake pops his head up over one of the side walls to get a better look at things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, now they all want to try out the wall for a better look. Sadie hops up, so I call Jim and Becky over to get a family portrait with an awesome backdrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now Eli wants a turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadie hops off and Eli takes her place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All right, now that everyone has had their photo ops , it is time to go find a fishing spot for the guys. Jim likes trout fishing so we head for a walk-in fishing stream near Deer Lake. Wow. Just wow. I think they will enjoy a morning of fishing in this stream even if they don\u2019t catch anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dogs are either tired, or fresh, clean streams are not as exciting to play in as dirty, smelly mud puddles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n