Trip suggestions

Hi,

We are planning a 2-week trip round Idaho in September. We have never been before.

We are thinking of starting and ending in Boise, and taking the loop round Stanley, Salmon, Lolo, Grangeville, back to Boise. We plan to stay 2-3 nights in various places.

We are 2 adults who like great scenery, hiking, boat rides, peaceful lodges, history, Lewis and Clark.

Any tips on must-dos, good places to spend the night etc would be appreciated!

Thanks

David

Trip suggestions

there is a great circle trip that you can take. leaving boise, you go north on highway 95, to Banks. Drive the payette river, watch the early kayakers, and drive the road through Loman, stop at the kirkham hot springs on the way. the road takes you to stanley, usually the coldest spot in the nation!!! all dirt roads, the greatest bakery and lunch spot (i cook for a living and love this place) the stanley bakery...just ask. Get a sandwich to go and head south to Redfish Lake in highway 75. Sit on the porch of the lodge, look out to the wonderful lake, the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. If you want a more secluced lake, save the sandwich (that will be hard!!) and go to the next lake on the drive to Sun valley, Petit Lake. Stop there for the seclulded lake effect. Then you will go up the hill to the Galena lookout...what a view of the Sawtooths. When you go down the hill, look for the small stream that will form on the right hand side, going down. Later when you are in Ketchum, that is the Big Wood River, huge by then. Galena Lodge is a great spot to stop, at the bottom of Galena Summit. It has great history and inside, if it is open, the pictures of the old lodge are on the walls. In the summer we bike up here and in the winter it is used for x country skiing. Head on down to Ketchum, visit my wonderful town, and go south 18 miles to what we call the ';blinking light';. Then turn right on highway 20 and return to Boise. This should take all day, but worth getting up early to do. enjoy

ps this is from a previous post, i will look for the others that i have posted...any specific places let me know.

Trip suggestions

We loved the Hotel McCall and now i hear it has a small bistor. Used to be the rail station, i think. very nice. enjoy.

If you come on the road to Stanley to the Sawtooths, Look up Meadow Creek Inn. It is a spa and small hotel. Lovely, great setting, great staff and a massage or facial comes with the price. Stanley is one of the last places i know with dirt roads, ok, i know there are more, but this place was wild in the gambling days. (and in the early 80;s as well!!) enjoy

Don%26#39;t miss Java on fourth street, for the best ';Bowl of Soul';. that is their signature coffee drink. NEver will you find a better one.

Also, the Casino is one of the oldest buildings left in Ketchum. The only place where smoking is allowed and the drinks are cheap and strong..an institution...when i got here in the late 70%26#39;s, the old guys were still gambling . This was a gambling mecca and the Casion was the place to be. You have to take a peek inside and if you need a haircut, there is a barber outside, beware! Ha

enjoy