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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.

 

Sun Valley Lodge Opra House

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Lupine at the Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

This is the Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho constructed in 1936.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mute swan at Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

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

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

This male mute swan was challenging us for being near "his" pond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swan Suite.... ya gotta love this at Sun Valley Lodge

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

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

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

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

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

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

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

This is the back side of the Sun Valley Lodge taken from the ice rink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faux wood siding on the Sun Valley Lodge

Sun Valley Lodge Sun Valley, Idaho

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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