Ten Flies For Idaho Guys . . . And Gals

Ten Flies For Idaho Guys . . . And Gals

Idaho is a fly fisherman’s paradise. This great state has it all from small freestone, pocket-water streams to raging rivers, warm-water reservoirs to alpine lakes, and meandering meadow streams to ultra-technical spring creeks. You can pretty much pick your passion...
Ski Joring Bellevue

Ski Joring Bellevue

Billowing evergreens silhouetted against the soft glow from layers of freshly acquired snow crystals is a panorama often anticipated by skiers when embarking upon their adventure. However, each year in Bellevue, Idaho, such opulent scenery is traded for the hind view...
Talking Turkey

Talking Turkey

In September of 2008, Acee and Mitch Lucero looked out over a sea of white on their newly inherited 120 acres of land near Richfield, Idaho. No, snow hadn’t come early.  The pasture was covered with the white feathers of nearly 200 turkeys. “What in the heck are we...
Cookies For Santa

Cookies For Santa

Christmas is a brief time when childhood wishes become more than just imagination.  I love the rich religious significance of Christmas but I also enjoy the magical childlike fantasy. My adult children are still told, “Those that don’t believe, don’t receive.” Just...
Haunted Happenings

Haunted Happenings

Rupert’s Garden Cents Straw Maze Standing at the entrance of the Haunted Straw Maze in Rupert, Idaho, the 30-foot pyramid, slides, bridges and corn pit belie the magnitude of the haunted maze laid out behind it.  With unlimited straw bales from Southern Idaho’s grain...