Eat what you catch.
We woke up at 5:45AM this morning to do a sunrise float down the Snake River that runs through the valley that lies at the foot of the Grand Tetons in western Wyoming.
Heavy Winter snows and an early melt brought high waters and flooding to several northern mountain states this Spring. What would normally be a two hour leisurely ride down the Snake River was a sprint. Not quite white water. But we reached our pick-up spot in half the scheduled time.
Calmer waters mean more visible fish, which bring more ospreys and eagles looking for food. High rushing waters mean just the opposite. We spotted an elk or two, some ospreys and a merganser, but what we lacked in views of wildlife was made up for by the drama of the river and the popcorn sound of river stones being tossed along its bed by rushing currents.