Rocky Bar Ghost Town Idaho
Rocky Bar is a ghost town once famous as a mining community that rivaled the population and size of Boise around the 1860’s with 2,500 souls, but Rocky Bar has […]
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Atlanta Idaho: Cabins and Locals
Arriving in Atlanta Idaho is like discovering a lost town from the early 1900’s complete with old wooden cabins, lodges, and shops. As I drove through, the town was surprising […]
Boise Foothills Hike: Gulch, Watchman, Three Bears Loop
While hiking this trail, I kept getting little surprises that makes this one of my new favorite trails in the Boise Foothills. This trail combines three segments for a […]
Canyonlands National Park: Alcove Spring Half-Hike
This trail descends along a narrow and slow-going ridge to the canyon floor. Alcove Spring Trail is about 5.6 miles out-and-back, but we decided to set camp about 3 miles […]
Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park
Bruneau Dunes brings back memories of a cold middle-school field trip where the wind blasted sand against my skin while I used a piece of cardboard to “sled” down the […]
Canyonlands National Park: Murphy Point Overlook Trail
Murphy Point Trail is a 1.3 mile (out-and-back) trail that is flat, oftentimes sandy, and leads to a ledge with a +270 degree view of canyons, mountains, and weird rock […]
Tips for Building a Fire in the Rain
The first time I camped on the coast, it rained all day. I was in Northern California and hiking through miles of wet trails. When I returned to […]
McCall Hike: Lake Serene
Fall is the perfect time to hike and enjoy the bright foliage, that is, when it’s not rainy, super cloudy, or bitterly cold. If you’re introspective, hiking during the changing […]
North Fork of the Boise River
Outside of Idaho City, this trail meanders along the clear Boise River with very little elevation gain between rock cliffs. This is an easy stroll with an occasional large pile-of-rocks […]
Daydreaming of Memphis
I don’t know why I return to this place so often in my mind. For me, Memphis was about as foreign as any place I’ve visited in America. Part of […]
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