Read the words and then look at the
picture.
Henrys Lake
Nutrient rich as Grandmother's
vegetable stew,
Henrys Lake sweetens her mint-green
shores with dew
And implores all who sip her waters to
drink freely.
Bread-soft, grassy meadows rise gently
over the hills,
And elegant yet rustic homes fill
spaces between the trees.
In the lake, in the clean, mountain
soup,
Large, hybrid trout,
One-part cutthroat, one-part rainbow,
Grow, thrive, and teach the meaning of
beauty and design.
Non-stop through the summer,
These silken shadows glide and gorge
themselves
On nymphs, slugs, and the right amount
of minnows.
For these lurkers, it's a "Golden
Corral" delight.
Henrys Lake, a fertile, mountain womb,
Never stops giving birth from June to
June.
Bugs, moss, and aquatic vines,
Seagulls, sand-hill cranes, and lines
of pelicans
Link a vibrant, thriving world.
Henrys Lake is never the same
Because her ever-changing face connects
With the hills, peaks, and trees,
With the clouds and soft breezes which
blow
First one direction, then another,
With the dancing winds and soft rains,
With the emerging, mid-day, or fading
light,
And with the bright moon glow and quiet
nights.
Sometimes when the summer sun shines
brightly
Through white, puffy clouds,
Like a loud argument, thunder crashes
southwest of Jefferson Peak.
Then, taking its time, a black shroud
begins to spread across the sky,
And someone cries, "Take cover."
Like new water flowing down an empty
ditch,
The storm rolls north on its way to
Montana.
Rain stretches its long, liquid fingers
to the ground
And white caps pound against the shore.
I love it all:
The changing waters, the rugged, nearby
lands,
The demands the weather makes on
campers,
The low-flying birds which drift and
float with the ease of a smile.
With a grateful heart, when I start a
prayer of thanks,
I won't forget the taste of fresh
trout,
Fried in butter and sprinkled with
lemon pepper,
Wild Rose Ranch and Staley Springs,
Power boats, float tubes, fishermen
galore,
And fertile Henrys Lake
With its hatchery on the north shore.
Allen
