the folks' visit to Redfish

Mom and John were able to come up for a short visit. They wanted to check out camp-sites to possibly come back up in September and camp in the trailer. So, we toured around Redfish and they got to see where I am working and living for the summer. We also went to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery in hopes of seeing them release the fish in the morning, but we got there too late; but we did see some of the Sockeye in the holding tanks. It was a short, but great visit!!

a visit to Petit Lake

I made a quick drive to Petit Lake this afternoon before work. There are still places close by that I haven't seen, so I made a goal to at least make some quick trips to see what they are all about. So, today's choice was Petit Lake which is just about 30 minutes outside of Redfish towards Sun Valley. The weather was beautiful and the lake was peaceful! Hardly anyone was there and it was nice to have the lake almost to myself....except the family of water-skier's and the picnic'ing family. It was a great afternoon and a beautiful spot to visit!

water football

We have had days of rain and thought that we could find a really muddy field to play some mud football. But when we got to the ranch, the fields weren't muddy enough...but the sprinklers were on part of the rolling hills off to the side of the driveway into the ranch, so the group decided to play water football instead. I sat the game out because my equilibrium was off (having felt like I'd been kicked in the head...thanks to this stupid migraine) and I sat on the fence with my camera and enjoyed the sights of the game. It was such a beautiful scene with the mountains and the setting sun in the background. Thanks to Del and his wife for letting us come to their ranch and play!

water slide and a hay ride

So, this is what we did for Family Home Evening with our singles group tonight. No, unfortunately this isn't us....I forgot to take my camera so this is a pic from the May Family Ranch's website. I think it's kinda an old picture because the slide now is much longer and sooo much fun!

The May Family Ranch is awesome!!! It is on Hwy 75 between Stanley and Challis and is where we had our single adult activity tonight, and we all had a blast!!! The May's own the Ranch and they are in our ward in Stanley and they (and the guests that had the whole Ranch privately reserved this week) were kind enough to let us come and partake of the waterslide fun! We did get some pictures because Sis. May was down at the bottom of the slide taking pictures of us as we all came sliding down. So, hopefully we will be able to get a few pictures from her to remember the fun evening.

After the sun went down behind the mountains and we all got chilly, Bro. May offered to take us on a good ol'fashioned hay ride...modernized of course, because he pulled us behind his really cool old-school John Deer tractor! It was awesome! We had a little mechanical problem...some lug nuts fell out of one of the front tires on our way out of the ranch so we all went on a scavenger hunt down the road to find the three that had become missing :) hahah! It was pretty comical, but we still had a good time and Jodi saved the day...she ran back to the ranch and got her tool kit (that her dad, the mechanic had given her I assume) and she came back with the wrench to help fix the tire with the found treasures from the scavenger hunt! :) It turned out well and we all had a great time.

a girls play day

It's been fun having the same day off as Karen and Laurel...we can always find something to do and it makes it more fun because we have friends to share it with. So one day we decided to take our day off and drive to Ketchum, and Hailey. We didn't make it to Sun Valley, cause we had too much fun elsewhere :) We walked around town, went to the bookstore, the Goldmine (a fun second-hand store), a couple of apparel stores to possibly find shoes (but had no luck with what we were looking for....spendy stores!), a really neat bead shop in Hailey where I found beads to make a "tribute to Redfish" necklace, and just drove around a bit to see the sights and find something interesting to do. One of the funniest things we did was in Hailey as we crossed the street....goofy enough that I had to get some pictures, plus it was music in the streets of Hailey day so we had to stop and listen for a bit before we made the journey back to the mountain wilderness of Redfish Lake Lodge and our jobs the next day.

a down home 4th of July

The 4th of July this year was pretty cool. The only sad part is that there were no fireworks over the river or the lake, but it was still great. We went into Stanley where they were having a community party....food, games, and a live band. It was a great atmosphere...plus with the sky doing all sorts of crazy pre-storm stuff it was a great and beautiful setting to take some awesome pictures.

play time at the park in Stanley

a few of us girls drove into Stanley for a change of scenery and some time on the play equipment at the park.....it's a gorgeous setting and was fun to just be childish! =]