Flagg Ranch Trail 7/30/2016

Snake River from Flagg Canyon trail

We headed up to the Flagg Ranch area to lose some of the crowds, and because the mountain views further south in the valley were still obscured by smoke. The Flagg Ranch Trail description promised "spectacular views of the Snake River". While we did enjoy the trail, the "spectacular views" were few in number, and only came on the second half of the trip out. See the picture to the left.

Rather than retrace our steps on the Flagg Canyon Trail, we opted to return via the Polecat Creek Trail. The first part of that trail was not promising, as we trudged through dust and dodged horse manure along the way. Horse trail rides come through this way.  But we were rewarded big time for our efforts in the second half of that trail with views down to the creek. We sat just off the trail, ate a late lunch,  and contemplated this view:

I did say that the trail was dusty--so dusty that each footfall created clouds of dust that clung to our skin and clothes. At the end of our 7 mile hike, we took off our hiking shoes to reveal socks and feet that were absolutely caked with dust. Any exposed skin was gritty from the dust which very nicely to our sunscreen.

After dinner, we walked down by Colter Bay once more and found this scene:

Now back to the Rv for a shower. More photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/nHUKbVKi5kQRtNJbA