Lava Hot Springs Rest Day
📍 Lava Hot Springs, ID
No historical sights today — just rest and relaxation.
A carpool of us went to experience the hot springs waters in Lava Hot Springs. There were three pools: 102 to 105 degrees, 105 degrees with jets, and 105 to 110 degrees. We were in the shade in the 102 to 105 pool. The bottoms of these pools are large slabs of beautiful rocks.
Sunken Garden
As you walk in and head for the pools, you see a sunken garden.
Floaters on the River
Nearby there is a float company. Four- and two-person inflatable tubes are shuttled upriver and then let into the water. They float down underneath a bridge which is right outside the hot pools. You can hear the riders screaming — with delight… — as they go by and hit the “rapids.”
Campground Life
The campground where we are currently has nice parking spaces and we hear that, by the weekend, it will be full. They have cute little trailers parked here and used as vacation rentals — left of the building if you can zoom in.
The weather is beautiful — cool in the evenings. No A/C on today. 🎉
Dutch Oven Cookout
This evening we had a Dutch Oven cookout. We had three different types of chili, potatoes and green beans, salad, berry compote, peach cobbler, cornbread, and bannock bread — all cooked by our campers.
Keith is in his element. He cooked three dishes!
Our intrepid leaders a la Wyeth.
“The comforts of life’s essentials — food, fire and friendships”
— Unknown