Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho
We are camped at Three
Island State Park near Glenn's
Ferry and wanted to visit Sun
Valley. The only way for us to reasonably do that is to take
a day trip, in the Saturn, up to Ketchum
& Sun
Valley through Hailey.
In Sun Valley we stopped
at Sun Valley Lodge constructed by the Union Pacific Rail Road in
1936 as the first Destination Ski Resort in the United States. It
was a refuge to many famous movie stars and authors. Earnest
Hemingway was buried down the street in Ketchum.
Joyce says these flowers are lupin
or lupine. They look so much like our coastal
lupin that we see on the sand dunes in Florida.
This is the Sun
Valley Lodge Sun Valley,
Idaho constructed in 1936.
In the pond outside the front door of the Sun Valley Lodge a pair
of mute swans and their three young were claiming ownership.
Male mute swan in Sun Valley Lodge lake
This male mute swan was challenging us for being near "his"
pond.
Swan Suite.... ya gotta love this at Sun Valley Lodge
The swans had a nest in this "Swan Suite". I liked the
special touch. This is the second time we have seen mute swans this
week.
Sun Valley Lodge swimming pool
We were told that this is the most photographed pool in the world.
It was one of the amenities at Sun
Valley Lodge.
Ice skating rink at Sun Valley Lodge
This is the ice
skating rink at Sun Valley Lodge. Someone said this ice rink
was once used in the Olympics. I can't remember if it was Olympics
in the 1940s or 1960s. Feel free to fill in the details if you know.
Not long before we took this picture professional skaters were practicing
their routines.
During the summer there are regular ice shows perfromed by professional
and olympians.
Backside of Sun Valley Lodge as seen from the ice skating rink
This is the back side of the Sun
Valley Lodge taken from the ice rink.
Faux wood siding on the Sun Valley Lodge
While the Sun
Valley Lodge looks like it is made of wood it is actually
poured concrete that has been painted to look like wood. Faux concrete
if you will. It was done by pouring the concrete in rough wooden forms
so that the concrete would have the physical features of wood. The
concrete construction was intentional to make it fire proof.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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