Red Rock Campground, ID

Red Rock Campground Island Park, ID - July 17 - 20

We hit the road early from West Glacier heading towards Idaho, the land of the potatoes.  There are always exciting things to see out here in the west.   These three pictures show a few scenes we saw on this travel day.    This is not what we are used to seeing back home.

Herding cattle. Real life cowboys



This in the Newell was not fun.



A bridge in the middle of a field.

Red Rock Campground was our base for Yellowstone, Tetons, and Jackson Hole. It is off the beaten path about 22 miles from the West Entrance of Yellowstone. The campground is run by wife and husband Karen and Gordon.   It has been in operation for about 20 years! They were so helpful in making sure we got a campsite large enough for us and guided Dad into the spot. Karen gave us the great information about how to have a huge tour day and also recommended some great near by places to visit.

Office at Red Rock Campground

In our spot at Red Rock

Campground way off in the distance. We crossed a few cattle guards to get there.

View of the mountains from our spot. In between us and those mountains is Henry Lake.

Riding bikes to Henry's Lake

On the first evening that we were there, we went to see "Big Springs" which actually feeds to the Mesa Falls we saw off the Hwy 47 scenic bypass. We decided it was time for gas and there were actually a surprising number of gas stations on 20. However, the first one we went to had plenty of diesel but not gasoline for the Jeep, and they had no idea when they were getting more gas. In my opinion they should have not have even displayed the price for gasoline, but oh well. The second place we stopped listed the gasoline as ten cents higher on the pump than the road sign so we skipped out. I guess the third time is the charm as we finally filled the Jeep up with gasoline (again, you don't even want to know).

The road to Big Springs. We were really hoping to see some wildlife, but nothing!

The beautiful springs. That cabin in this distance is the Johnny Sack Cabin that was built in 1932. It was closed though, so we didn't see inside.

About Big Springs

The left over splash of these huge fish at Big Springs

Dad and I really wanted to take the Jeep on some off roads and even thought about renting some ATVs, but on our second (and last day) after the BIG day we decided against it and asked Karen where we could take the Jeep. She suggested going to the FAA radar which had a great winding/twisty/steep/no guardrail/share with the ATVs road to it. Sounds great! So we took the Jeep up to this amazing lookout and found out we were at 10,000 feet. We met some road bikers who had ridden up it (crazies) and some really nice, local Boy Scouts who were riding down.

FAA Radar from afar

Road. Yikes.

Jeep's next print advertisement. Obviously. No, Mom, I did not ride in the tire the WHOLE way (just a little). Just kidding.

Where did the road go?

10,000 feet. FAA Radar

Dad with the radar

View of Henry's Lake from the overlook. Our campground is just to the right of the dirt road on the left.

An animal on the top of the overlook. Uncle Steve, what is this?

This pretty deer looked right at me!

We even found a rodeo! I need a cowboy hat and so does Dad.

Another great part of our trip has come to end, and we want to stay longer! Heading to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah next. We have heard that Utah is beautiful so looking forward to that and to seeing friends from the Keys who are campground hosts there!