Boya Lake day 2 - Cougar Day

Day 68, Monday, 8/24: Woke to blue sky and sun!! Still a bit cold but no big deal…. We could see fresh snow on the mountain tops though! After breakfast we took the boat out on the lake and did some exploring. The water is such a beautiful color and we spotted some beaver dams and some loonies. This lake is huge with lots of arms and islands. Good thing for the map. Spent about 2 hours just putting around. When we came back to camp, the campground operator (the grandpa) came by to tell us about a trail that goes completely around the lake that we can take the RZR on so off we went! Not a well used trail but not too overgrown either. About 4.5 miles in we spotted a HUGE cougar run across the trail about 100 feet in front of us!!! We stopped to take a look but he stopped a ways off the trail and turned to look at us. Decided not to hang around for a picture!! Have to admit I spent some time looking in the rearview mirror after that! Bob thought it weighed in the 200 lb. category. It was well fed…. The trail around the lake was about 18 miles and we were back in camp by 3:30. Since the weather was still nice we decided to take the boat out again, in a different direction. Spent a couple of hours just putting around. The water was calm and beautiful. Took lots of pictures and hoping the color comes through. We haven’t downloaded pictures for awhile and might try to do that today. Back to camp, built a campfire and got out the BBQ grill. A couple moved into the campsite next door and they are from Bend! They teach man tracking and have a search dog (Golden Retriever). They have two dogs but only one is trained to search. They know Richard and Charity Henry who are in the Union County SAR group. Small world! Visited with them for awhile and started to cook dinner when the raindrops began. We were able to finish the grilling before it really started to come down.