Our July 11th, 2010 Rock Hounding Trip ReviewWe were looking for a “close to home” rock hounding adventure for this weekend and we decided on a trip into the Danskin Mountains just north of Mountain Home, Idaho. The Danskins are
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Wild Water North Fork of the Payette
As anyone from Idaho can tell you we had a very wet Spring 2010. All this rain and wet high country snow caused lots of rivers and creeks to overflow their banks and become some people’s idea of a good
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Silver City Mountains ATV Ride Rock Hounding
Click to see a bigger photo of Turntable Mountain June 27th, 2010 was our day to head up to the mountains near Silver City, Idaho. We never had plans to visit this active ghost town but we got to see
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Hardtrigger Volcano of the Owyhee Mountains
On June 21st, 2010 we headed back to the area south of Marsing, Idaho. This rock hounding trip included our Arctic Cat ATV and a completely new area for us. While we have some experience with the Owyhee’s we’ve never
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Idaho and Oregon Rock Hound Day
Saturday June 19th, 2010 was our rock hounding day for this weekend. Our travels took us out to Sommer Camp Road south of Marsing, Idaho for some opal hunting and then toward Oregon. There are a few places off Highway
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Dillon Montana Restaurant Review – The Lions Den
On May 31st, 2010 we pulled in Dillon Montana. We found our hotel…the Best Western Paradise Inn (see my review) and headed out for dinner. I talked one of the locals on the street and she pointed us to the
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