Some more Idaho & the last of it :)

The girls & Sean love to fish. The next day Sean went and got them all fishing licenses and they headed out to the dam to try & catch some trout.

 All they managed to catch were some perch. But there were some nice guys that just kept pulling in these large fish and offered them to the girls. We weren't about to say "no." I, of course, came armed with my book & camera.

 For dinner we had some surf & turf. Oh yeah, so yummy!! Abby actually learned how to clean the fish. Sean cleaned most of them.

 The next day we went looking for some hot springs and weren't very successful. In fact we drove around for 4 hours and didn't find ONE!!! We did find this really sweet part of the river. The crappy part was, none of us had our water shoes. But Sean and the girls didn't mind. They went hunting for freshwater clams.

 That evening Dad returned from Boise and took us to a hot spring he knew about. Nothing large, or too hot, but pretty cool. The girls thought it was cool.

 There was a nice little outcrop above the hot springs and the girls took a seat.

 The girls had had enough sun, so when we went to the beach one more time, this is where they parked their towels :)

 Dad knows a man & his wife in Cascade that have horses and are willing to let the family come ride. We took the girls out to get some exposure to real riding.

 This 23 year old mare was pretty calm. She didn't do more than walk for either of them.

 There was also a donkey, Amos,  that Sean and I rode. He was pretty cool. Pretty stubborn too, but fun.

We headed back to Boise the next day. We left just in time. Once we got through the mountains they closed the road because of a forest fire moving through the area. Once we got back to Boise we went to find the Oregon trail area. It was a waste of time. I took a trip down the Boise river with the girls. Pretty minor river. It was so shallow in one spot that I had to get out and pull the raft and then get back in. The pictures for that are lost somewhere. hopefully not permanently lost :( And the next day we headed home. It was an awesome trip!

More Idaho - part 6

I really need to finish up these Idaho posts. The vacation was two whole months ago :) And I have more recent.....hmm, no actually I don't have anytime more recent to post. My life is boring!

So after the DeAnn, Daren & their horde left, we decided to spent some time OUT of the water. There is a place near Cascade called Blue Lake. It is amazing! The water was crystal clear. So pretty. We had a really easy hike down the trail. It's only about a mile down to the lake. Along the way there were some butterflies sitting on the trail. So cool. Once down at the lake we decided to put our feet in. The water was COLD. But it was great on the really warm day. We were actually the first people out there. Except for the people that had camped there. They had their alpacas & their horses. Kind of funny to come across an alpaca on the trail. ha.

Once we were done admiring the lake and eating our snacks we headed back out. The really easy downhill hike in turned into the uphill hellish hike out. It was a mile uphill. The girls, especially Abby, were out of shape. The altitude didn't do much for any of us either. So we just took lots of breaks on our way up and drank all our water. The only thing that would have made it better would have been my book & some fishing poles for the rest of them. Once we returned to the cabin we watched TV. Then went for a little walk by the lake to watch some guys fishing. Then we went back & watched more TV :) It was great.