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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]