Yonder Mountain Jam

The pics:
1. Stanley Lake, below the rugged Sawtooth Mtns.
2. Shadow Play
3. Steam rising from The Plunge, Crouch ID
4. The open wolf hunting is a hot topic....
5. Our Dashboard Guides towards True North
6.One of many "hippie dips"... NOT hot enough to get into this wintery morning however.
7. Snowy family portrait
8. Classic
9. "There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies...."




Sometimes a song says it all...

"From Stanley up to Sunbeam. From Clayton on to Chalis. And down the Salmon River, to a rangeland palace, sagebrush all around..... Where the dear and elk do roam, this place that they call home. Where the flat lands stretch for miles, and the mountains touch the sky, and the sun always shines! In IDAHO!"

Joe and I had a blast driving the same route written into this classic bluegrass riff by our boys Yonder Mtn. We felt so cool!

Idaho has some of the most pristine country that we have seen- with the Sawtooth Range rising right out of the valley, cutting a jagged line against the sky. We would have gotten lost a bit longer there if a squall of winter snow storms hadn't covered the pass we'd been eying up.... But all is meant to be, and while we may have missed the best of the hippie dips, those hot waters run strong and will be there when we return. A video of our first (and only) snowy pass crossing with Kody is on Facebook (can't get it to load up here- sorry!).

Sending love and light!
Z