Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains are EPIC! (Kirkham Hot Springs + Redfish Lake)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- After an epic backpacking trip to Alice Lake, we spent our final day in the Sawtooth Mountains soaking in our first ever hot spring, eating delicious pancakes, and kayaking 8-9 miles on the gorgeous Redfish Lake. It was a great way to end a magical few days in the area!
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Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
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I like you guys because you didn't give up on America like some people did. These are the sights and sounds we want to see
The US has sooo many incredible places to see! We get so excited to share it with others!
I’ve been loving the Idaho vlogs! So inspired to go 💚 I agree you are both travel fashion superstars 😂
Hahahaha waiting for Vogue to call us! 😜
Thank you for showing how beautiful Idaho is. It's a wonderful state to live in. ♥️
We are so happy to hear it’s as wonderful to live in as it is to visit! 🤗
thanks guys
as always love your videos! my husband and i patiently wait for new ones! you guys are awesome
Thank you so much Ellen! We are so happy y'all enjoy the videos! ❤
Wow! Those mountains.... and the pancakes! gorgeous!
We never wanted to leave! We could survive off of those pancakes 😜
Can’t beat hot springs! I’m always down for that. We just went to Glenwood Springs vacationing here in Colorado from
Texas and I still smell like Sulphur!
We need to find more, we loved it so much!!! And thankfully these ones didn’t seem to smell bad, but we remember that smell from Yellowstone 🤣
Oh so beautiful!! Loved the view of the mountains from the lake!! Just WOW!! 😊
It was freaking breathtaking! 😱😱
Beautiful Trip!!!!
Love the hot springs 😍
We need to find more! Sooo relaxing and fun on a chillier morning!
Love it!!!!!!!! That drone shot is just so amazing!!!! Never would think of Idaho
Gahhh the drone + Idaho has us looking like this 😍😍 constantly! We were blown away by this area and cannot wait to go back!
Love your vlogs man!
looks so nice and relaxing there
It’s such a great place to visit if you want some quiet time in nature! And to go offline for a bit!
Good Stuff Yup
Love those hot springs and the beautiful state of Idaho 🥰🥰
Idaho is the best! 😍😍
Another awesome vlog guys!!! Thanks for adding more spots to my Idaho vacation list!
Woo! Can’t wait to share even more spots very soon! 🙌🏼
Another beautiful place. Great drone footage.
Thank you so much Don!
Who knew? So pretty there! I am loving this series!
We’ve been so giddy getting to surprise people with Idaho’s beauty!
This scenery is insane ! The root beer float scene was hilarious 😂 hogging it like a boss 👍
Hahahah we were famished from that unexpected kayaking marathon (or what felt like a marathon!) 😂😂
When I’m in Idaho I will definitely go to this hot spring!
It was amazing!
Great job ! Love the content:)
Thank you so much Shane! 😃
Awesome vid! Subscribed & luv your channel!
Thank you so much Sherry! So glad you enjoy it! 🥰
Over the pass to Ketchum
Such a beautiful state...just jaw dropping! I loved this vlog and look so forward to watching each and every one! You should market the chips and syrup combo! 😝
That looks like so much fun, I'll have to put it on my list of places to visit
Both the hot springs and kayaking made for such a fun day! 🙌🏼
@@AdventuresofAplusK I could spend all day just doing that
We seriously had to force ourselves to leave lol!
It was nice to meet you that morning at Kirkham. :) Enjoying your work, keep it up!
Ah hi!!! We were wondering if we’d hear from you! We hope y’all enjoyed the hot springs 🙌🏼
When i holiday in the USA Idaho will definitely be on my list
Great vlog as always guys
From UK
Woo! Happy to hear that!
Wow you had the whole hot spring to yourselves! We tried one for the first time in Wyoming and it amazed us that it seriously gets freaking hot! Beautiful scenery out West. Chips and syrup? 🤣 Not sure about that one but we'll take your word for it. Haha!
We were soooo pumped to have it to ourselves! We were also pretty shocked that no one else showed up for a while. The first feeling of the hot spring is so exciting-nature is sooo cool! And you’ll have to try the chip thing in the future...it’s weird but tasty! 🤣
I have a lot of food allergies too (gluten being one) so I totally sympathize with the food choices when eating out. But I have to say, its been very helpful with your GF recommendations at places you have visited.
It is tough sometimes and I definitely am cheating more than I used to, but it’s torture to watch Adam eat all of the good stuff!
Another awesome video, what scenery WOW , thanks for sharing.
PS ..... life jackets are meant to be worn not just taken for a boat ride 🥰
Stay safe 💚
Wow is a great way to describe it! 😱 We typically do wear them for a bit and thankfully have never had a kayak flip, but we will try to be more cautious in the future 😊
And so they built the life they loved. Love your videos. We recently been to jerry Johnson hot springs in Idaho. You guys should check it out if you are back in Idaho.
Oooo thank you for the tip, we love hot springs now and want to visit more! And we love that sign so much, my mom and aunt gave it to us as a van warming gift 🥰🥰
Watch our Idaho series: ruclips.net/p/PLZKRTK1yCEM7IsoCPx07lrhD4Lj8eBrDf
Read our guide to 2 Days in the Sawtooth Mountains: adventuresofaplusk.com/2-days-in-the-sawtooth-mountains-things-to-do-in-stanley
View all of our Idaho travel guides: adventuresofaplusk.com/idaho
Masks were worn outside whenever we were near people, when we picked up takeout, and if we went inside anywhere.
Social distancing, hand washing, and sanitizing precautions were also all taken in the making of this video.
Safety is our #1 priority and we want to stress that this adventure, and all future adventures, will be done responsibly and with the health of others in mind.
We stayed in that exact spot from June 30 to July 4th! We just missed you, that's crazy. I have a picture of the teepee
Oh my gosh, no way! 😱 We missed you by a day!
@@AdventuresofAplusK I know... So bummed we missed you 😭
We love watching you guys!
How crazy that we were SO close!?!
Loved watching this video. ❤️ Throughout the whole thing I was thinking to myself, 'this reminds me so much of Wyoming, particularly the mountains/lakes of the Tetons 🌄 and the hot springs are like Boiling River in Yellowstone 💦', then at the end end you guys said the same thing! 👍Great minds eh?! It seems like the main difference is the lack of crowds. When I watched your Yellowstone video, I thought it was a shame that you didn't go to the boiling river but there were so many people there when I visited it, yet you guys had Kirkham springs to yourself! As for the tongue in cheek comment about the fashion sense, I love that you guys are sensible with your clothing choices. I was watching another vlog the other day where a couple were hiking in the mountains, one in some fashionable leather sandals and the other in a pair of Crocs. 😖 It was so unnerving!! I know you guys like Kara and Nate (like me) so I don't want to down-talk them too much, but I honestly think your content at the moment is considerably better/more interesting/entertaining than theirs at the moment. I was really busy yesterday so had all the Sunday travel Vlog uploads to choose from this morning and I picked you guys first. 🙌
Hahaha great minds Caroline! And to be honest I don’t think we knew much about the boiling river a year ago, but we definitely will check that out next time because as Adam says, we get the hype now! The lack of crowds in Idaho was amazing and really made us love it even more. Sure, some areas were busier, but overall it just felt so much more secluded. Be careful praising our shoe choices too much before watching our Rainier vlog (in a week) where we make a dumb choice 😂😂 And thank you so much for choosing to watch our vlog 🥰 we really, really appreciate it!
@@AdventuresofAplusK I can't imagine the shoe choice would have been worse than crocs! 🤣 (... and in a couple of video's time you're going to prove me wrong 😖 ) If/when you go back to Yellowstone, I'd recommend visiting the Lamar Valley either first thing in the morning or in the evening as the wildlife for us at those times had more variety... we saw a handful of bears too. There's also the Firehole Swimming area which despite its name is a cold river, but a lot of fun. If you go in, a bit further up where the rocks are, the current is akin to a lazy river at a water park and you drift through the gorge into the open 'swimming' section. I wasn't sure if you guys were heading west into Washington or north east to Glacier next... but Mt. Rainier should make for a good video regardless of the footwear situation, that place was stunning when I visited it ❤️ You guys are too awesome... thanking me for choosing your video 1st. I have it easy, I just click play. Thank YOU for making these and continuing to inspire my future travels and bringing me nostalgia showing me your experiences in places I've been to 😊
Thankfully we only made poor decisions for one part of the vlog and we will never own Crocs lol (Chacos on the other hand we LOVE!). We are in WA now and heading to Glacier in a few weeks-we can't wait! We wish we had time to make it back down to Yellowstone because we would loooove to go check out those swimming areas. But we plan to get back there eventually! Oh and as for bears, I may or may not have seen my first one, but that's a story we shall tell on some vlog in the future!
@@AdventuresofAplusK Ooooh I can't wait for the bear vlog... now curious to know if it was a grizz or a black bear - I've only ever seen black bears! (But I shall wait patiently - no spoilers lol). Now I'm second guessing your plans. If you're not going south after Glacier and you've come from the west, the Canadian border is closed (I think) you guys must be heading into North, or maybe South Dakota?
Greetings from Ketchum, ID🥰
Hi Brooke! We loved Ketchum! 😍
@@AdventuresofAplusK I'm so glad you love Ketchum! Next time you pass through, stop by Hotel Ketchum. I'm the Reservations and revenue coordinator there 😁
Ah nice! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Hi Guys,
Great Views, the food looked so nice too
What direction now?
I saw you were right in the middle of the state.
We are in Washington now! 😄
I hate to break it to you guys, but I found Adam’s hot spring spot, and well…um…it’s mine now;)
I didn’t see it in your video, but there was a hot spring waterfall flowing today, and it was freaking amazing. Like you said, I could have stayed there all day. Honestly, if I didn’t worry about burning under the sun, I literally would have. That place was freaking amazing!
Hopefully you'll allow us to soak one day! 😂
Idaho is so amazing, isn't it?!
@@AdventuresofAplusK Totally! That was my second trip there. My first was a year earlier in the Coeur d’Alene area, which was also amazing.
WOW!! luv the kayak views. Don't dietary restrictions suck, lol. (we both have some as well). be safe S/T
They are the worst! I went from having none, to having two of the hardest ones haha. But I do cheat sometimes 😉
Loves these areas. Unfortunately Kirkham has been having problems with lot of idiots leaving garbage.
That really blows, one of our biggest pet peeves! 😔
I've never seen that hot spring empty, it's usually pretty crowded.
Sunrise ftw! 🙌🏼
What a beautiful kayaking trip. Those mountains are so awesome! Quick question, on the backpacking trip you pointed to a Mt and said it Mt Capitain, isn't that in Yosemite? I'm so confused.
It is called El Capitan too! Definitely confusing since the much more famous one is in Yosemite!
Where did you find free camping near Stanley? Planning a trip there and looking for spots! Thanks :)
We find most of our free campsites on Campendium and iOverlander.
This guide on our website shares more about how we find free camping in the US
adventuresofaplusk.com/how-to-find-free-camping-in-the-usa
Thanks and thanks for watching!
While you were at the hot springs, where did you leave Kona. I’m asking because my wife and I have been wanting to go to these places without hurting our doggo
That’s a very popular question lately! She stays in the van. Our situation is different since the van stays a lot cooler than a car since it’s insulated. We cover all of the windows with reflectix, put a blackout curtain up, and leave a fan on for her (and water). We chase good weather so we can keep her safe and also do things super early so it’s cool enough out.
how do you plan where you're going to visit?
Figuring out where to actually go is hard because we want to visit so many places. But once we have an idea of our route, we see what is along the way. We read a lot of blogs to help figure out what to do whenever we are in a specific area, as well as TripAdvisor, Google, Yelp, etc.
What is the temperature of the hot springs
I am not 100% sure. It definitely varied depending on the pool. Some were warm and some were very hot!
What an adventure. I have to ask where was your dog today?
She was napping in the van 🐶😴 Thankfully the temperatures were cool enough (and we started the activities early enough) for her to safely be in there!
@@AdventuresofAplusK thank you for replying. I am researching ideas to be a weekend traveler with my dog I am looking at the ford transit connect. Love your van build.
Ah fun!!! We need to write up a blog post about traveling with a dog. It has been a very popular question lately! Thankfully the van (since it’s insulated) with the windows covered, curtain up, and fan on stays sooo much cooler than a car, which makes it easier to travel with a dog since they can’t always do things with you.
@@AdventuresofAplusK are you just using the fantastic fan?
We have the MaxxAir, but also have a small fan we plug in as well. Ventilation is key, so having the t-vent windows helps a lot with air flow, but we don’t typically leave it open when we are not in the van for safety reasons.
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while kayaking, where do u leave ur dog?
She stays in the van. We leave all of the windows covered, the blackout curtain up, and the fan on which keeps the van cool. We won’t leave her if it’s too warm out though!
@@AdventuresofAplusK thanks for ur reply. love ur videos guys💓! hope one day i follow ur guys journey in vanlife. stay safe 😊
Thanks so much for watching Cat! And we hope you can too! 🥰
Now that you've traveled around have you found a place you'd like to settle down in and raise a family?
Not yet! We love the PNW, so probably somewhere up there, but we have no idea when we will want to settle down. We have a lot of international travel we still want to do (when it’s safe of course)!
Don't cook like a chicken in a pot! I have an amazing gluten and egg FREE RECIPE TO send you.
Hahaha no burning or cooking here! 😄 And awesome, we’d love to see it!
@@AdventuresofAplusK how do I send it to you?
You can either message us on Instagram or email us at hello@adventuresofaplusk.com 😊