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| Sawtooth Range |
Back to the Sawtooth Mountains today for another reconnaissance mission. We decided to head out to Sun Valley, Idaho...of course we took yet another Scenic Byway called Ponderosa Pine. Interestingly this road out of Boise had a few spots along the way that had pull offs for skiing. Not sure how crazy you would need to be, but if you got a ski/ride permit you could take off through the trees and head downhill. Pretty sure you'd need a second car for the return back up or be much younger than ourselves to climb back up that mountain.
At one stop we noticed this really tall 'stick' and a small sign attached at the top. If they actually get 12 feet of snow all we could think was WOW! The area must get quite a bit since right next to it are signs for road closure and avalanche warnings.
As we entered Ketchum and Sun Valley two thirds of the group was sound asleep...thankfully the female in the group was awake and driving. She reports that the slopes at Sun Valley look interesting...the crowds not so much. Not much else to report other than to wonder how crazy it must be in winter. Since she was driving and the photographer was napping just use your imagination and picture a mountain with ski runs all over it...can you see it?
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| Tiny Chippy |
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| Pronhorn |
On our way back to Boise we found a herd of pronghorn grazing in a field. A fair number of young were running around. We always enjoy watching the pronghorn...so unique to the West. We also had a picnic with the cutest and tiniest chipmunk we've ever seen...they are not afraid of cars or much else it appears.
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| Boise Couthouse |
Tonight we decided to wander to downtown Boise to see if we could find a nice place to eat outside...97 degrees with 9% humidity! We found a interesting Italian place with outdoor seating. We asked if the dog could join us outside, all was good...our server even bought out a dog bowl of water. The owner even came by to chat for a bit about the Boise area and our dog...Cooper has another fan.
Tomorrow we head to Seattle...thinking that we'll take the interstate the whole way, but you just never know what we'll actually do.
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| Cooper's new friend |
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| More Cranes |
*as always click picture to enlarge
At one stop we noticed this really tall 'stick' and a small sign attached at the top. If they actually get 12 feet of snow all we could think was WOW! The area must get quite a bit since right next to it are signs for road closure and avalanche warnings.
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