Riggins ~ Short Bar Recreation Area

I’m running out of adjectives to describe each place we stop at, without repeating myself. Each one seems to have an attraction and appeal all it’s own. It is really hard to capture with a camera just how stunning the steepness of the surrounding hillsides are here.

We are partial to these areas where there aren’t designated spots, where everyone is free to find their “nest”, then it all just seems more natural. We are running into more campers with generators, but so far no one has been real obnoxious about it.

Elk Farm

I had no idea you could farm game animals, I guess I’d never seen an elk up close before, so we didn’t know what they were until one of the campers let us know. He also told us that the people raising the elk have a store just before you hit town. I bought some chuck at $8.95/lb. The NY cut was $17.95/lb. They also raise buffalo, beef and pork. I’ll do an update when I cook it and let you know how it turned out.

Nights Stayed: May 25th through June 2nd 2014

Cost: $0

RV/Camping: Either

Phone T-Mobile: Not really

Internet Verizon: 1-2 bars with the antenna

Noise: Some traffic during the day, weekends more people—more generators, rafters going by every once in awhile, and are quite pleased with themselves for their survival skills and do some hootin’ and hollerin’ to let us all know how ‘Lewis & Clark’ they are. The elk make some strange noises around sunset. It is really dead quiet at night. We are not parked right next to the river, so we don’t really hear it.

Restrooms: Vault

Water: NO*

Dump: NO*

Trash: Pack it in Pack it out

Location:

N45.4127°, W116.3023°

One mile East of town, on Salmon River Rd.

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* There is fresh water and a dump station at the Chevron in the town of Riggins about 1-2 miles North on the 95. Water is free, and so is the dump with a gas fill-up, $2 without the fill-up.