At Kootenai Lakes, we camped right at the edge of the lake. Brawny broke out his spinning rod to cast for trout. The ultra-light rig packed well, but didn't have enough power to get out into the current where the fish seemed to be,
and he had no luck.

Darkness soon fell, and greeted us with a host of stars, accompanied by the low grunts of feeding moose.

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