Royal Gorge Resort - Ellis ID

Wow, we're actually up to date! Yes, we are technically in Ellis, Idaho. We believe the town consists of a post office. I found something on Sperling's website that the population is 30 (definitely not around the post office), but I couldn't find statistics on it anywhere else.

Our entire drive up from Stanley Idaho followed the Salmon River thru some drop dead gorgeous country.

The Salmon River happens to flow North (which seems odd to me) in this area of Idaho and heads west, thru the Bitterroot Forest, and north again, until it joins the Snake river at the border of Idaho and northeastern Oregon.

We're staying at the Royal Gorge Resort. It's a small, quaint family owned RV park with cabins that sits right on the Salmon river. The owners Beverly and Greg are very nice folks and were happy to chat with us and tell us about the area and its history.

The sky is very blue here.

The Salmon River here runs deep and fast, so even Tank's swimming has to be carefully monitored. And, yes, he has now sampled water from the Salmon River. He's going to have to start his own blog on his water tastings of the lakes and rivers in various states and countries.

We were told about a natural hot springs just a short walk downriver, so one afternoon we went exploring and found it. The water was indeed HOT!

While we were here Greg was nice enough to give us some lettuce, spinach and zucchini freshly picked from their garden.