This July 2011 gold panning trip turned out to be a great day hike on a dirt road (NFS Road 170) that follows Spring Creek and the Johnson Fork near Featherville, Idaho. I walked almost 6.75 miles in mid 80
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Paradise Trail Near Featherville Idaho Hike
With the Idaho summer now heating up (finally) I chose NFS Trail 620 for a hike and some rock hounding. This trail is also called the Paradise Trail and is located off the Grouse Creek Road between Pine and Featherville.
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Tally Baker Creek Rock Hounding Hike
Tally Baker Creek is located to the north and east of the Ice Springs campground in the Fall Creek area of Idaho. My thinking in choosing this area for some gold panning and rock hounding was it’s semi-close proximity to
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No Gold Panning on Gold Panning Hike
(Updated on May 5, 2019 / Author: Tim Bondy) I found the perfect unnamed creek bed for some gold panning that was likely unexplored by very many people. The only question in my mind was “would there be enough water
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Rockhounding ATV Trip to Wilson Flats Area
Click for a larger photo. After a wonderful May 25th hike up into the Wilson Flats area above Anderson Ranch Dam, Toni and I decided to take the ATV up there for some rock hounding. The whole trip turned out
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Mystery! Mystery! Found in Fall Creek Area Mountains
A vigorous hike up Camp Creek in the Fall Creek area of the Boise Mountains resulted in a few mysteries (to me). I was hoping some of my regular readers could educate me in what I saw during my 1st
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