After a very leisurely Sunday morning we loaded the bikes onto the Jeep and drove to the Wood River Trailhead which begins about 2 miles north of Ketchum and runs all the way to Hailey and is paved the whole way. It also circles around Ketchum on the east side. The part that goes to Hailey was once a railroad track. We did not go all the way because it was very open and windy so we circled back and took the trail that runs around the east of Ketchum thru the communities of Elkhart and Sun Valley. There was a lot of hills but we saw the Sun Valley Lodge from the back, rode past the Dollar Mountain Ski area and enjoyed looking at very expensive houses and a couple of golf courses. By the time we finished the ride we had put 18 miles on our bikes and legs!
Today we decided rather late in the morning to do the laundry and then have lunch at a popular hamburger joint called “Grumpy’s”. Can you imagine why John wanted to go there??
We felt we needed to get some exercise so instead of finishing our bike ride up the mountain, we drove up the mountain to Galena Lodge and then tackled a 3 mile hike up Rip and Tear trail. It was made for mountain biking but we were the only people on it today. We walked past some yurts and we snuck in one to see what it looked like. It had three bunkbeds with lower beds that would sleep two and during the day would fold up to be a couch, a wood burning stove for heat, a propane stove to cook on, a sink with no faucets. and a square table in the center of the room. Signage on the outside pointed to an area of the forest for peeing and another area for gray water. It was a bit of a hike to the pit toilet. Pretty rustic!
On the way back down the trail we heard an eagle cry but we were unable to determine if it was a bald eagle, golden eagle or just a hawk. But it did make us stop and enjoy the scenery.
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