Ketchum...then Red Fish Lake

After leaving the cool lava landscape of Craters of the Moon, civilization in the form of classy shops, a gourmet grocery, numerous coffee shops and bakeries; all this was well appreciated...........

First we parked BIW alongside the Woods River Bike Trail, just outside of Ketchum, Idaho, assembled our bikes and rode for some good coffee and snack before returning.  A quick 20 miles of beautiful biking.

Next, we headed up to Red Fish Lake.  There's a great lodge where we had a terrific dinner of Steelhead trout and Hanger steak -- we shared...and a fabulous dessert, crumbleberry cobbler.  Also many terrific campgrounds overlooking the lake, although even though we arrived a day early on Thursday, there were almost no sites left.  We did good, though, and settled in for a few camping days at Mt Heyburn campground -- with a lake view too!

Hiked the Red Fish Inlet trail from the Lodge to the other end of the lake.  Walked 7 miles with a nice climb for some stellar views of Red Fish Lake.  And at the end of the hike, we cooled our toes in the cool water until the shuttle came to speed us back to the Lodge.  Now that's hiking!

Red Fish was a HAPPENING place.  We thought we had come for July 4th.  Guess the closing of many of campgrounds in a couple of days spurred on the local Idahoans(?) for their last dip before winter descends. 

At the Lodge, celebrating our hike....