On July 26, we moved from Arco, Idaho to Bull Trout Campground, about 26 miles down the road west of Stanley. The campground is next to two lakes, Bull Trout Lake and Martin Lake. Our campsite was in the newer section of the campground and was just a short walk from the smaller of the two lakes.
We didn’t get over to the larger lake – Bull Trout – other than driving the loops to see what the other campsites looked like. We walked the short distance to Martin Lake and hiked all the way around it.
The campground was 1.9 miles down a very dry dirt road whose surface was like powder. Fortunately, it rained that night. The rain washed the worst of the dust off the car and there was very little road dust for the rest of our stay.
The campground elevation is 6900 ft in a mixed growth forest of Douglas fir and lodgepole pine. Wildflowers are plentiful.
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July 25, 2010, Arco, Idaho
After a day trip with crystal clear skies for most of the day, it turned cloudy and very blustery as we were getting back to the campground. 
photos – July 25, 2010
Located in the central section of the Lost River Range, Borah Peak (aka Mt. Borah) is the highest mountain in Idaho.
On Friday, October 28, 1983, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered near the base of the mountain lifted Borah Peak about a foot, while the Lost River Valley floor dropped up to 7.5 feet in places. It also resulted in a 20-mile scarp along the base of the Lost River Range and sand boils near Chilly Butte and the Lost River and Pahsimeroi valleys. Two elementary school students were killed in Challis.
The scarp – highlighted in blue – resulting from the quake can still be seen 27 years later. The red line highlights a dirt “road.” The above image was cropped from the photo below.
Pioneer Mountains, Idaho, July 25, 2010 –
While it’s nice to find a picnic table, when we’re traveling, we can picnic in places that don’t have tables. We were going to picnic at Wildhorse Campground, but the flies and other bugs were just too annoying.
We had driven all morning on dirt roads and it shows on our black 2004 Honda CRV. I took the car to a car wash several times on this trip.
Below – Wildhorse Creek and Pioneer Mountains.
On July 25, 2010, we headed a few miles north of Arco, Idaho to Antelope Valley (#6 on the map to the right, from a Lost River Valley Brochure from MackeyIdaho.com) on a back roads drive that would take us to Copper Basin (15), within 25 miles of Sun Valley, and to the foot of Idaho’s highest peak, Mt. Borah (17). Note that the brochure map doesn’t show a “road” from Antelope Valley to Copper Basin, but there really is a way to drive there.
This particular area was a favorite when we lived in Idaho from 1977 to 1980.
Today’s images are from Antelope Valley.
Last week we took a short trip to eastern Arkansas and, after that, over to northeast Kentucky.
Our first campground was at Village Creek State Park. The park is located on Crowley’s Ridge, a geologic anomaly of rolling hills in eastern Arkansas’s Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
With five trails totaling 7 miles, we had hoped to spend one day in the park doing some hiking.
Unfortunately, there was some kind of gnats hatching out. After taking one walk the first evening where we couldn’t get away from them, we decided to alter our plans and check out some of the other parks in the area.
The first day, we went to Parkin State Archeological Park and Jacksonport State Park. The next day, we drove over to Memphis and spent a few hours at Mud Island. I’ll be posting more on these as I get the photo gallery set up for each one.
The last evening that we were there and the next morning before we left, we didn’t have much problem with insects at all.
Our next destination was Paducah, Kentucky, so that Karen could go to the annual Paducah Quilt Show. Karen has several posts on her blog from the quilt show:
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