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Friday, 6-27-08, First Baptist Campground, Austin, Nevada
Today was our rest day so we went fishing at Big Creek about 13 miles away. On the way we caught Mormon crickets for bait on the dusty, unpaved road. Becky got some driver training. We ended up driving about 17 miles and crossed shallow streams five times before we could go no further because the snow blocked the road. It wasn't bad; we were able to cut away blocks of packed snow for the cooler. The fishing was pretty good and we caught 14 altogether, which were thoroughly enjoyed later. When we got back to Austin, we went swimming in the public pool, which stayed open until 10 pm. Then we showered, ate the fish, and hit the sack.