Finding Our Way
We departed Grandview Campground and headed south on the Mesa Falls Scenic Highway towards Ashton. Near the southern end of the scenic highway is an interpretive sign showing a map of the scenic highway along with the history of Bear Gulch Ski Basin. It was the second ski resort in
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Boulder, Montana (not Colorado) is right off I-15 and close to our campground the previous night. On our way south to Idaho we drove through the town of about 1200 people. It is a beautiful small town with old historic buildings and great scenery. As we continued on heading south
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We departed Ely, Nevada early one morning and headed north on Highway 93 traveling through the remote, beautiful section of Nevada. We continued north to Jackpot, Nevada which sits just south of the Idaho border. It is a perfect location to fuel up and take a lunch break. Shortly thereafter
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We’re back! Yes, we decided to take another go at being campground hosts this summer just like last summer. We love Farragut State Park and thought another stint at hosting would be great. But this time we worked at a different campground and started at the beginning of the season
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From McCall, Idaho we headed north on Highway 55 to Highway 95 and continued on north. The road parallels the Little Salmon River to Riggins where it joins up with the Salmon River. We like to stop along the highway at a little rest area along the Salmon River just
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McCall, Idaho is a town of 3,000 people and sits at around 5,000′ elevation in central Idaho. It is located on the southern end of Payette Lake and is known for not only its’ summer lake activities but also for its immense variety of winter activities. McCall offers downhill and
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Today’s journey took us from Filer (near Twin Falls) over to Boise and north on Highway 55 along the Payette River. We stopped in Horseshoe Bend to fill up the motorhome and have a lunch break. We continued on through the town of Cascade and past Cascade Lake to the
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We headed north through Nevada on Highway 93. We love that drive as it is quiet, peaceful, not much traffic, and there are a number of large, flat places to pull over for a lunch break. We drove through Jackpot, Nevada by Cactus Pete’s just before crossing into Idaho. Our
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In our last post we discussed some of the activities at Farragut State Park. In this post we discuss some activities around the area outside of the park. Biking North Idaho has some great bike trails but one of our favorites is the “Over 70 mile Rail-to-Trails” bike path called
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Being a campground host is not ALL hard work. There are lots of benefits too especially when you are in a great area with lots to see and do. Even though we lived here for years we never tire of all the activities. It certainly kept us busy for a
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