Hi Joey,
Can you find the message anyway?
Stats:
Where: Ruby Valley, south west MT visiting family and friends
Elevation in picture: lake at 9025 feet (peak is 10,400)
Start: under 6000
Distance: 12 mile trail
Best wildlife sighting: Rocky Mountain goats
Record: longest hike yet for the 10 and 11 year olds–eastcoasters Charles& George with their MT buddies Christopher and Ian
Lure of Fishing: yup
Rivers run through valleys with the best wild trout fishing in the US
Snow: yup
Water temperature: 39 ?
Cooled my battered feet like New Year’s polar plunge. Ian’s mom, Andrea, soaked and swam (grew up bathing in cool Patagonia waters)
Must see Nature…and as in Gloucester
Expert fishing guide: yep
(one friend works summers here and winters in Chile)
Ruby Springs Lodge.com
Cool scientists: yep
Penguin and Antarctica experts deploy from here. Kid’s book check out Fraser’s Penguins
Local art, sustainable and foodies: yep, here are just a few
TheShovelandSpoon.com
Theoldhotel.com
The Emerson Center for Arts and Culture, Theemerson.org
MOR–museumoftheRockies.org
The LARK and Victory Taco
Virginia City Players
Jackson’s Garden and farmer’s market
Norris Hot Springs
Good Morning Gloucester 
cool.. beautful!
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Very nice and clear day – the slop that feeds the lake design funnel in is nice! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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