Camping!

A great way to enjoy our wedding weekend is to spend your time camping at one of the many lakes throughout the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

My favorite places to camp are at Stanley Lake and Redfish Lake. Both areas have various types of camp sites available, ranging from "Tent only" to full Trailer hookup. If you want to guarantee that you'll get one of the nicer spots at these popular destinations, be sure to reserve your spot using the Reserve USA online system (http://www.recreation.gov/homeLeft.do?topTabIndex=CampingSpot).

Redfish lake does have showers available (Anna likes this), and there are also plenty of hot springs and glacial streams around if you prefer a little more Idaho-style in your bathing.

Stanley Lake and Redfish are both about a 15 minute drive to the wedding area in Stanley.

There are also some RV parks around. Elk Mountain is just up the road from Stanley. Not as picturesque, but we hear the food is good. http://www.stanleycc.org/pages_service_dir/rv_camp.html

Even if you don't plan on camping, you should be sure to take time to visit the day use area of these lakes. It is so easy to plant yourself in the sand at Redfish, open a book, and look up 5 hours later wondering what happened.