Stanley Idaho is the smallest town that I have ever stayed in. There are no stop lights and the roads are not paved. We happened to arrive here in Stanley because it is the nearest town to where we were camping in the Sawtooth Mountain Park. We were pushed into town because the women’s gymnastics all around competition was that evening. I had already missed so much of the Olympics and this event is my favorite of the summer games so I was determined to watch. The first attempts at finding a place that would show the Olympics were disheartening. There were only four restaurants/bars in town. The first that we stopped at only watched the hunting and tackle channel. The second did not get NBC. Here I started to loose hope
and thought we were going to drive an hour to Ketchum. The next place had a redneck bartender that was rude and said that he would not watch anything but baseball. Now we had one last bar option. At first I thought we were going to have to hit the road because it was even grungier than the last bar. Luckily the guy was nice and after he said he did not know if he would have it on later I asked if he could because if not we were going to go to another town. He said that he would make sure to have it on. From here we went to set up camp and made sure to have everything set up so we did not have to worry about anything when we got back because it would not only be dark it would be late too. It was fun watching the Olympics at a local Idaho bar that if not for me probably would not be watching female gymnastics rather than football or baseball. By the end of the competition everyone was in to it and people were asking me questions about gymnastics and the gymnasts etc. The bartender/bar owner seemed to
enjoy it too. He got a kick out of having a group of people at his bar enthralled in gymnastics and he started getting excited or upset depending on the scoring. We had a good time here. One note worthy thing about the bar in Stanley is everyone in the town comes to the bar it seems and there was a hunting game equipped with a gun that reminded me of duck hunt for all of us who played the original Nintendo. Our campsite hugged the shore of a lake and looked over the Sawtooth Mountain Range. It was a beautiful view. Regardless of all the beautiful places and views we see I am still quieted by the beauty of Nature. All the places we have been lucky enough to visit have had their own beauty from the arid desert to the ocean. The lake with the Sawtooths reflecting in the water was just one of those places for me that made me stop thinking. I just sat on a log and watched the sun move through the sky changing the reflection of the mountain range on the water, there was a canoe on the shore and more than once I wanted to
just hop in and paddle away. If there would have been a paddle too I probably would have gone for a short paddle but there was only the boat. I watched as two frogs hopped around between land and water. They hid beside rocks and gave throaty croaks from time to time before flopping into the water with a thud and a splash. I most liked to watch them while they were swimming with their back legs outstretched and kicking. There were ducks paddling across the water and birds flying over head. The air was crisp with a dash of chill but the sun was warm. There was a gray colored log perfect for sitting on and my bare feet barely touched to waters edge. One neat thing about this lake is how shallow most of it was. I walked out a good ten feet and it was just over ankle deep and it did not look as though it were going to drop off any tim
e soon. The nights were cold here but a part of me fell in love with the Sawtooth Mountains. I need to stop falling in love with every where we go but I can not help it. We drove through Ketchum after leaving the park and stopped. Yet another cute town with a cute-blowing rock type feel to it. Here I got a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory which to my disappointment are everywhere. We saw our first one in Colorado and I thought it was so cute, by the time we saw our tenth one in random places I was sad that it was not only regional. I now know you can enjoy Rocky Mountain Chocolates all over the country even in Charlotte. Kilwins is better but this caramel apple was delicious none the less.
Stanley Idaho is the smallest town that I have ever stayed in. There are no stop lights and the roads are not paved. We happened to arrive here in Stanley because it is the nearest town to where we were camping in the Sawtooth Mountain Park. We were pushed into town because the women’s gymnastics all around competition was that evening. I had already missed so much of the Olympics and this event is my favorite of the summer games so I was determined to watch. The first attempts at finding a place that would show the Olympics were disheartening. There were only four restaurants/bars in town. The first that we stopped at only watched the hunting and tackle channel. The second did not get NBC. Here I started to loose hope 
and thought we were going to drive an hour to Ketchum. The next place had a redneck bartender that was rude and said that he would not watch anything but baseball. Now we had one last bar option. At first I thought we were going to have to hit the road because it was even grungier than the last bar. Luckily the guy was nice and after he said he did not know if he would have it on later I asked if he could because if not we were going to go to another town. He said that he would make sure to have it on. From here we went to set up camp and made sure to have everything set up so we did not have to worry about anything when we got back because it would not only be dark it would be late too. It was fun watching the Olympics at a local Idaho bar that if not for me probably would not be watching female gymnastics rather than football or baseball. By the end of the competition everyone was in to it and people were asking me questions about gymnastics and the gymnasts etc. The bartender/bar owner seemed to 
enjoy it too. He got a kick out of having a group of people at his bar enthralled in gymnastics and he started getting excited or upset depending on the scoring. We had a good time here. One note worthy thing about the bar in Stanley is everyone in the town comes to the bar it seems and there was a hunting game equipped with a gun that reminded me of duck hunt for all of us who played the original Nintendo. Our campsite hugged the shore of a lake and looked over the Sawtooth Mountain Range. It was a beautiful view. Regardless of all the beautiful places and views we see I am still quieted by the beauty of Nature. All the places we have been lucky enough to visit have had their own beauty from the arid desert to the ocean. The lake with the Sawtooths reflecting in the water was just one of those places for me that made me stop thinking. I just sat on a log and watched the sun move through the sky changing the reflection of the mountain range on the water, there was a canoe on the shore and more than once I wanted to 
just hop in and paddle away. If there would have been a paddle too I probably would have gone for a short paddle but there was only the boat. I watched as two frogs hopped around between land and water. They hid beside rocks and gave throaty croaks from time to time before flopping into the water with a thud and a splash. I most liked to watch them while they were swimming with their back legs outstretched and kicking. There were ducks paddling across the water and birds flying over head. The air was crisp with a dash of chill but the sun was warm. There was a gray colored log perfect for sitting on and my bare feet barely touched to waters edge. One neat thing about this lake is how shallow most of it was. I walked out a good ten feet and it was just over ankle deep and it did not look as though it were going to drop off any tim
e soon. The nights were cold here but a part of me fell in love with the Sawtooth Mountains. I need to stop falling in love with every where we go but I can not help it. We drove through Ketchum after leaving the park and stopped. Yet another cute town with a cute-blowing rock type feel to it. Here I got a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory which to my disappointment are everywhere. We saw our first one in Colorado and I thought it was so cute, by the time we saw our tenth one in random places I was sad that it was not only regional. I now know you can enjoy Rocky Mountain Chocolates all over the country even in Charlotte. Kilwins is better but this caramel apple was delicious none the less.
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