Redfish Lake & Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley,
Idaho
Redfish Lake & Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, Idaho
Redfish Lake is located
a few miles south of Stanley,
Idaho at the base of the Sawtooth
Mountains.
June 14, 2007.
We are staying at Garrity
RV-Park in Nampa 10-miles west of Boise.
It was $21 per-night for FHU & Cable while every place else in
the area seemed to start at $26 and rapidly go up. Garrity was just
fine. It was clean, well managed, the sites were close but we were
not there and didn't go outside except when heading to and from the
automobile. There was a good number of permanent or long term in the
campground but they were being managed properly thus were no problem.
We would stay at Garrity again but those that like to spend the day
and evening under the awning sipping cool ones might rather be in
one of the other area parks. N43° 35.245' W116° 31.592'
We left the motorhome this morning and headed into the Sawtooth
Mountains east of Boise.
South of Boise we got
on the Ponderosa
Pine Scenic Byway and headed east along the Boise
River stopping for lunch in Idaho
City. After lunch we continued on the
Ponderosa Pine Scenic Highway making our way through Lowman
and the terrible scars left from the Lowman
Fire of 1989 before reaching Stanley
on the Salmon
River. Once in Stanley
we realized there was just too much to see and do there so we decided
to get a hotel room in Stanley
for the night. For us to do that we had to call the Garrity RV-Park
in Nampa because we had planned to leave Nampa tomorrow thus have
not paid rent for the site our motorhome is on and we will not be
back in time to move it by check out time tomorrow. When Joyce called
the RV-Park the man told us that if we were in Stanley
we just had to drive out and visit Redfish
Lake. Because of his recommendation we decided to check it
out.
There are a number of lessons to glean out of the above paragraph.
In case you missed them let me make sure that you do not go any further
without absorbing those points.
Number one, when you are out for a few weeks or months in your RV
you are hopefully with the one you love, your best friend. If that
is the case you are there to have a good time, to see and experience
things you have not seen and experienced. There is a good chance that
you may never pass through the area again. This is a BIG country and
there is a lot to see and do, take my word for it. So if you are in
an area take the time to see and do EVERYTHING. Seriously, if you
"hurry" down the road to the next "big-thing"
you will miss some of the best things this country has to offer.
Number two, when you leave your RV on a long sightseeing excursion
make sure you have the essentials in case you find yourself three
or four hours from the RV when you realize you have another days worth
of things to see and experience. Things like a cell-phone charger,
toothbrush and a change of underwear..... plus whatever else, you
think is absolutely necessary.
Number three, LISTEN to locals. In this instance, an employee back
at our RV-Park told Joyce about Redfish
Lake near Stanley.
We LISTENED to him and are so glad we did. This is not the first time
that locals have put us on absolutely wonderful things that you just
will not find by searching the internet or reading travel books.
I can see where Redfish Lake
and the Sawtooth
Mountains would be much prettier in the morning with the sun
reflecting off those mountains.
Redfish Lake is named
for the brilliant Sockeye Salmon that once came to spawn in such massive
quantities that the lake appeared red.
So if Redfish Lake
is where sockeye salmon came to spawn that means that the sockeye
have traveled here from the Pacific Ocean.
That got me to thinking about the sockeye salmon's route from the
Pacific Ocean. They had to enter the Columbia River around Astoria
west of Portland, Oregon. They then had to make their way around 300-miles
up the mighty Columbia River past Portland to Kennewick, Washington
where the Snake
River converges with the Columbia. The Salmon then had to
swim another 300-miles or more up the Snake
River past Clarkston, Washington and Lewiston, Idaho to Riggins,
Idaho where the Salmon
River meets the Snake
River. At that point the sockeye salmon had to make another
turn and head up the Salmon
River to the headwaters of the Salmon
River in the Sawtooth
Mountains south of Stanley,
Idaho. So here we are at Redfish
Lake located at the foot of the awesome Sawtooth
Mountains where snowmelt trickles down from the massive snowpack
in the Sawtooths.
You can thank Joyce for these pictures of Redfish
Lake and the Sawtooth
Mountains.
We can only imagine how absolutely beautiful these mountains would
be in the early morning.
On the far western shore we stumbled upon this wonderful sand beach.
Of course the picture is facing east and the Sawtooth
Mountains are behind us.
How about this sandy beach on the shore of Redfish
Lake in Idaho.
This is a last look at the Sawtooth
Mountains for today.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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