2021-09-01 Harriman Park

Today was our last day outside Yellowstone Park. We decided to go to Harriman State Park in Idaho. It is famous for fishing. (So the park told us).   It was formally owned by Union Pacific railroad investors from 1902 to 1977,  There Is also a historic village. It was built by the owner of the Pacific Railway as a summer vacation home. If you’re an angler you can rent one of these homes to stay at. This is supposed to be a great angler fishing spot.

We saw lots of people walking around with fishing poles. Debbie says it didn’t really look much like a lake or a river to her.. The group somehow convinced Debbie to walk around the lake. She wasn’t too excited by this as there was not a lot of trees and not a lot of shade.  She mostly just walked around in the sun, sweated a lot and became grumpy.


Debbie was promised ice cream if she would complete the walk with a better attitude maybe even huckleberry ice cream.  Debbie is nothing if not goal driven so the ice cream got her up to complete the walk. She did give everyone in a group a stink eye and required Jerry and Larry to carry  bear spray after yesterday‘s bear spray demonstration.


If you’re an angler it’s probably a great place to go. If you’re not but like Debbie and used to fishing under trees off the bank you may not be as impressed. We actually never saw anyone catch a fish while we were there. The fishermen all said that they were going to catch a fish but no one actually had.  (Is this a fish tale?)


Tip of the day: Harrington State Park for angler fishing. Bring a hat for the sun and maybe ice cream for cranky travelers

2 thoughts on “2021-09-01 Harriman Park”

  1. Huckleberry ice cream seems like a worthy goal. Was it worth the hot, sunny walk around what purports to be a lake?

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