Stanley, Idaho – Gateway to the Sawtooth Mountains. Such an amazing place to spend the summer of 2011. The views of the mountains are stunning. It is clear why they call them the Sawtooths, the jagged ridges of this mountain range is truly amazing.
37 miles south of the RV park is Ketchum Idaho – a very quaint, little ski town, very remote and super cute! Several famous people live there, including Tom Hanks, Jim Carry, Ashton and Demi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Arnold Swatzernager, just to name a few!
On the way to Ketchum, you cross over this mountain pass - this is the view from the top.
Our RV park is about 30 miles south of Stanley, not much here but a restaurant and ice cream shop. Nothing in either direction for at least ½ an hour. There is no cell service, no internet, no cable at our RV park, so I really feel like we are out in the middle of nowhere. There is internet service at the lodge, but every time I go in there I have to buy some of there French fries (hand cut Idaho potatoes – soooo yummy!). They have cabins and teepee's you can rent too.
We visited the ghost town of Custer, an old mining town. We have visited several of the lakes around, Red Fish Lake, Alturas Lake and Petit Lake. The actual town of Stanley is only population of 100, but during the summer months it sure is busy.
All of the lakes, creeks and rivers are so clear you can see 20 feet to the bottom. Fishing is amazing – can you believe salmon actually swim all the way up here to spawn??? 900 river miles, through countless damns. It just baffles me the stamina they have.
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