We woke up to the sound of elk. Apparently they were really close to our campsite. They sounded close and the other campers told us it was close to us. The camp host believes the elk come to the campground during hunting season because they know it is a safe place.

We ate breakfast and then moved our campsite across the road to get a lakeside view. It was windy and a bit difficult but we gathered everything up and walked it across, including the tent. The tent did end up blowing over and we had to use teamwork to get it turned back over and tied down. The views here of the Sawtooths are remarkably and change constantly with the sun and clouds. Now we are camping next to Laurie and Doug.

Then we went into Stanley to the Visitor Center and then to a local shop to buy some souvenirs and a trail map of the area.

Then we drove to the trail head of 4th of July Lake in the White Cloud Mountains. The area had been burned but had new growth so it sparked (haha, get it?) conversation about controlled burns in the National Forest with Liam and Seth.

At the trail head we got on our bikes and rode up the mountain to 4th of July Lake. It is a pretty alpine lake and we worked for the views. The trail up was steep in areas and rocky. We enjoyed the serene lake a bit, ate a snack and then rode our bikes back down the mountain. The rode to the trail head was dirt and took us awhile to drive and the trail was probably around 2 miles with an incline so it took us a few hours.

When we got back in to town we ate pizza at Pappa Brunee's. Of course the boys really enjoyed the pizza. They worked hard and were hungry.

That night we stood around Laurie and Doug's campfire and talked to them. We watched the sunset on the mountains and it was really colorful. Then we went to bed and it dropped down to the 20s. We bundled up to stayed warm.