May 27 (Friday): Ketchum, Drive to Stanley

A lazy day around the hotel this morning catching up correspondence and waiting for the shops in Ketchum to open at 11AM.  We find the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, which is showing a special exhibit of art from Craters of the Moon, and take a "selfie" in the window.
Remember Picabo Street, the downhill skier of USA Olympic fame?  This is where she lives/lived (maybe).
The Douglas firs are sprouting their cones.
We drive ten miles out of town on a narrow gravel/dirt road to Frenchman's Bend Warm Springs, a spot in a creek that supposedly has warm thermal waters.  We can smell the sulphur but the water is definitely not hot.  Signs warned against nudity so we kept our clothes on.  Here is Beverly testing the water.
Then we head north up toward Galena Pass.
We get our first glimpse of the Sawtooth Mountains just on the other side of the pass.
We arrive in our destination for tonight, the very small but tidy town of Stanley, ID.  Stanley offers great views of the Sawtooth Mountain from the town park.
Beverly swinging in the park.
After getting ice cream at the very cute Stanley Scoop ice cream shop (whose very first day of business ever is today!), we settle into our abode for the night, the very comfy Stanley Town Square rental condos.  Our "night on the town" consisted of a leisurely walk of the entire town, stopping at an amazing outfitter with great gear and wine in the restaurant below our condo.

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