Hebgen Lake Camp Chefs
While camping at Hebgen Lake Grandma Carol had a great idea and thought that it would be fun to take the boys Zip lining! She offered to pay half so we thought heck why not! Well little did she know the boys would sweet talk her into going with. (I am not sure that was in her plans) She did not want to tell them no so off they went. She was so scared I can't beleive she actually did it.
Quake Lake
We drove up the the Quake Lake tourist center and watched a short video on this tragic event.
One of the most violent earthquakes shook the west on Aug. 17 1959 at 11:37 p.m. At that time, the Red Canyon fault and the Hebgen fault, both in the Madison River area, moved simultaneously and triggered an earthquake that measured 7.5 on the Richter scale. That earthquake forced a massive landslide that screamed down mountains and hills at about 100 miles per hour. Tons of rocks and earth crashed into Madison Canyon. The results were catastrophic. The force of the slide caused a flood and high winds swept a giant wave downstream. Five people died in the flood alone. The landslide killed another 28 people. It also dropped the north shore of Hebgen Lake 19 feet. Cabins on the shore washed into the water as huge waves crested over Hebgen Dam. Three sections of Highway 287 fell into the lake, the dam cracked in at least four places and hundreds of campers were trapped. The landslide eventually stopped, essentially damming the Madison River and creating Earthquake, or “Quake Lake,” a 190-foot deep, six mile long lake stocked with German and Brown Trout. Many of the bodies have never been recovered. It was really interesting to me because I worked with a lady who lost her mother in this awful event.
We met up with my dad and step mom to go shopping in West Yellowstone! 
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