Places Visited:
Idaho: Redfish Lake located
4-miles south of Stanley.
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 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.
Redfish Lake is located 4-miles south of Stanley. The best time to visit is in the morning when the sun will be shining directly on the mountains across the lake. We had to visit it late in the afternoon since that is when we could fit it in. It wasn't the optimum time but we are glad we stopped by.
This deer, was feeding in the campground located on Redfish Lake. It is one of the few deer we have seen while in Idaho.
We are surprised to see this sail boat on Redfish Lake. A sail boat in Idaho, so much for what we expected.
The Sawtooth Mountains flank the western side of Redfish Lake.
I can see where Redfish Lake and the Sawtooth Mountains would be much prettier in the morning with the sun reflecting off those mountains.
Joyce took these pictures of the lake and Sawtooth Mountains.
You can thank Joyce for this collage.
We can only imagine how absolutely beautiful these fountains 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.
This is a last look at the Sawtooth Mountains for today.
Until next time remember how good life is.
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Mike & Joyce Hendrix
mikehendrix@isp.com