Ponderosa State Park - Idaho

Today was a day to enjoy Ponderosa State Park in McCall Idaho. Before breakfast, we went for a nice walk along the lake for about an hour. There were no clouds and the sky was a deep blue which complemented the cool, clear lake water and the snow capped mountains in the distance

When we returned, we had breakfast at the camper. Nothing fancy, but it was nice to be outside. We enjoyed reading for about an hour and then decided to take the bikes off the camper and roll around the park a little. There are several loops, with everything from paved to single track (moderate skill level by my estimation). We started out on easy paved, then progressed to gravel, then dirt, and then some texture in the dirt where Melissa started to struggle, especially on the climbs. We started at over 5000ft elevation, so just the little 500ft elevation gain was enough to double us over panting for air. There were some fantastic view points along the way, and to ease our return trip, we stuck to the road which was mostly down hill.

Next was a 3/4 mile walk to a small beach in the park. In fact it was so small, when we got there, only 2 other people were there and they left shortly after we arrived. Melissa went in the water for a quick dunk, and then we ambled back to the camper to clean up and have lunch.

After lunch we headed to McCall (only about 1 1/2 miles away) to take care of some camping business. We loaded our laundry at the laundromat, went to grab some dinner from some food trucks, came back and moved the laundry to the dryer, ate our dinner on a picnic table in the parking lot, folded, went food shopping, washed the car, put everything away in the camper, and then lit a camp fire. Lots of stuff for one day! Tomorrow we hit the road for Placid Lake State Park still in Idaho.Read more