State of Wilderness

Category: Travels

  • Camels Prairie Stash

    Still Thursday, July 17. As we left the logging roads that led us to Eggcellent, we headed north for another set of logging roads some 240 miles away in the panhandle.  We took Elk River Road to Highway 3, a rural highway that cut north through more typical Idaho scenery: stubby brown hillsides, hay fields, farms,…

  • Our Eggcellent Adventure

    Thursday, July 17. We almost didn’t want to leave the comfort of the Konkoville Motel, but we were on a mission. After a cozy hotel breakfast of the most delicious muffins, possibly some fruit and cereal, coffee and milk, we finally pulled out and headed out to the Idaho wilderness. We were searching one of…

  • Lewis and Clark: Lost Horses of Lolo Creek

    On the ninth day of our journey, we made our way north from Pocatello up Highway 15, then Highway 90, crossing the border between Idaho and Montana twice as we skirted around the southeast edge of Idaho. We meandered into Anaconda, MT to get some of my precious Taco Time for the third time so…

  • Southern Idaho’s First Disappointment

    Okay, so back with the continued adventures of a road trip out west. In our story, it is now July 15, and our intrepid explorers have left the Salt Lake City area, sans kids (they were now with their dad for a few weeks) and half a day behind. The plan, my friends, was to…