'The weekend of the 18th' or 'Brewfest ruined our hiking plans'

This weekend (August 18-20) was full of grand plans which included a fun night at a local event, a good long hike to a secluded mountain lake and camping under the stars. We got about as far as Brewfest. 

Brewfest was a fun gathering of regional breweries in the little park in town. There was a funky band playing and lots of beer to be guzzled. Unfortunately for our weekend plans, a pint of beer at this fine festivity was only one dollar and have I mentioned we're light weights? About six pints later and probably too much embarrassing dancing that I barely remember, our weekend became one long hangover recovery period. This doesn't mean we did nothing, we were just kind of boring.

On Sunday, we drove out to the Lake area to hang out on the lodge's porch that looks over the lake and read for awhile. While driving out we got to see a herd of bison swim across the river, that was awesome. I honestly didn't even know they could swim. We also did a small hike to the Natural Bridge, which we didn't take a picture of, but it was very interesting and nestled in a beautiful fairy-like forest.

Look out Michael Phelps

Monday we attempted to do our before planned hike up the mountain, but got a mile in, where a beautiful waterfall fell, and decided to leave the rest for the following weekend.