Bayhorse

Every summer, I like to go camping at least once to a new place we've never been to before. There are so many places to go camping at around Salmon, and I want to explore our options!!! I've been wanting to go to Bayhorse for a couple of years now. Bayhorse is a state park with an old mining ghost town, and there are lakes, 4-wheeler trails, and camping spots, too. It is southwest of Challis and is about a 2-hour drive to the campground from Salmon.

We went to Bayhorse in the middle of August and spent two nights at the lower lake campground. It wasn't very busy, so it was mostly quiet. The first day we arrived, we set up camp and ate dinner and the boys walked down to the lake to fish:

They didn't catch a bite although they could see fish all over in the lake. They were determined to try again the next morning. So, the next morning, we woke up, ate, and the boys walked down to the lake to fish again:

After a while of not catching a bite, they took another break from it. We walked around the lake and back to the campground, ate lunch, and headed down the road to see the Old Town of Bayhorse, which was 10 miles away.

I loved looking at all the old buildings and reading about the history of the area!

Then the boys played in the creek by the ghost town for a bit before we drove back:

On the drive back to our campground, we decided to see what the upper lake area looked like, so we stopped and walked around the larger lake. It took a lot longer than we expected, but we had a great time doing so!

There was an old brick pile in the middle of the field next to the lake where they used to make bricks during the time that the mining town was busy. I was fascinated by it!

When we almost made it all the way around the lake, the boys played in a shallow area of water for a bit. I loved sitting and watching them! It was so relaxing and peaceful and enjoyable!

When we made it all the way around the lake, we got back in the truck and drove a mile and half to our campground. We ate dinner, sat around the campfire long after dark, and finally went to sleep. The next morning, we decided to hike back over to the upper lake and try our hand at fishing in that lake since we had no luck fishing in the lake by our campground! It was only about a half-mile hike, and so beautiful, too!

We tried fishing on two different sides of the lake, but unfortunately, we still didn't catch a thing!

Well, I guess that's not completely accurate....we DID catch a frog!!!

Eventually, we hiked back to the campground, ate lunch, packed everything up, and headed home! Despite the fact that we didn't catch any fish, we all had a great time camping! And Bayhorse was absolutely gorgeous! I loved being so far up in the mountains, and seeing all the colorful wildflowers and green trees and the blue lakes! It was a great place to go camping!

(P.S. I just looked at all the photos I put on here, and apparently I was obsessed with taking photos of people's backs!!!)