haven hot springs... day 8

today we followed the south fork of the payette river up to lowman, id, home of some great hot springs and 13 rib dinners.  was a gradual incline upstream, a welcome break from mt. google we encountered yesterday.  stopped at the chevron in garden valley for some fried chicken and potato salad for lunch... before soaking in the hot pools and devouring a couple of pigs...   seems tourism is down in these parts, which is great for us with the lack of rv traffic.  we eagerly await the snowy peaks of the sawtooths, which should come into view tomorrow as we ascend to stanley and take our first rest day at red fish lake lodge. 

some highlights from today:

leaving riverside depot in horseshoe bend

nini prefers farm equipment over the subaru apparently

raging rapids of the payette

heading upstream

roadside falls

relaxing in the mineral baths.... great recovery!