My mom stayed in Idaho with us for two months. My stepdad, Lou, was working on a towbaot and sent
his blessings for her to have a good time. Mom and I would take the girls to the rodeo and on Friday evenings there would be a gun fight on Main Street in Hailey so we bought wonderful western outfits including boots and hats for all. On the Fourth of July there was a large parade and a community wide picnic. You paid $3 for a button and you would wonder around and eat all day long including the best roast pig I had ever tasted. Later in the summer we enjoyed the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival with special guest, Richie Havens! While we were at the KOA we made friends with some of the people who lived at the campground. A young husband and wife lived in a yellow school bus with th
eir baby daughter. The bus had been cleared out and the inside was now a cozy home with beds, kitchen and a play area for the baby. The owners of the campground lived in a trailer nearby. There was a groundskeeper named Frank
who lived behind the main building. He was very nice to us and took us sailing on Red Fish Lake with his parents. Sailing on Redfish Lake was wonderful. The water in the lake was ice cold all the time and we froze our feet just walking around some of the streams that dump into it. I was about halfway across one of them with Carrie on my back when my feet got so cold I couldn't move them any further. Frank and his parents pulled us the rest of the way over after putting Chandra on the other side. I learned a valuable lesson about the water that day. Mom would walk the doberman, Angel, in the mornings and on one beautiful cool morning she woke us up to see sheep being herded up the railroad tracks.
The sheep and cattle have the right of way in the street during herding season up to the mountains and when possible, they would use the railroad tracks. This particular morning there were thousands of sheep walking up the tracks, making their little sheep noises as they went. What a sight that was for a city girl! A few afternoons we would go horseback riding at Gelana Summit and on Saturday evenings during the Summer there would be ice skating shows at historic the Sun Valley Ice Rink.
eir baby daughter. The bus had been cleared out and the inside was now a cozy home with beds, kitchen and a play area for the baby. The owners of the campground lived in a trailer nearby. There was a groundskeeper named Frank who lived behind the main building. He was very nice to us and took us sailing on Red Fish Lake with his parents. Sailing on Redfish Lake was wonderful. The water in the lake was ice cold all the time and we froze our feet just walking around some of the streams that dump into it. I was about halfway across one of them with Carrie on my back when my feet got so cold I couldn't move them any further. Frank and his parents pulled us the rest of the way over after putting Chandra on the other side. I learned a valuable lesson about the water that day. Mom would walk the doberman, Angel, in the mornings and on one beautiful cool morning she woke us up to see sheep being herded up the railroad tracks. 
The sheep and cattle have the right of way in the street during herding season up to the mountains and when possible, they would use the railroad tracks. This particular morning there were thousands of sheep walking up the tracks, making their little sheep noises as they went. What a sight that was for a city girl! A few afternoons we would go horseback riding at Gelana Summit and on Saturday evenings during the Summer there would be ice skating shows at historic the Sun Valley Ice Rink.
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