Lesson Learned By Gavin Stellmon Photos by Tanner Stellmon The trailhead to Curtis Lake was marked by two wooden planks that faced the sky. Dad took the lead, followed by Everett, me, and James. It was the first
A Seventy-Five-Year Love Affair By John Beckwith Photos courtesy of John Beckwith In 1941, when I was two years old, I rode on my father’s back as we hiked the trail to the Rainbow Lakes Basin in the
Where to Begin? Story and Photos by John O’Bryan After spending five glorious days fishing in the wilds of northern Idaho, and after unpacking the contents of the camper and truck, and after the duffel bags are emptied
On the Road to All Things Good Story and Photos by Amy Story At a Toastmaster’s meeting in Nampa back in 2012, I met Mary Novotny, a delightful speaker who took an interest in me.“Let’s sit in the
From a Time of Wonder By Connie J. Thompson With our picnic in tow, my husband Kurt and I climb out of the truck to search out the old campground. As we walk to the bank of the
On a Compass Course By David E. Metcalf They were kids, they didn’t know better. Putting two kangaroo rats in a box together—what could go wrong? Well, the rats would explain. For several years in the 1990s, several
At the Edge of Wilderness Story and Photos by Kaidi Stroud Amid a string of one-hundred-degree days and smoke-filled air, we invite my sister and her family to Grandjean to spend a couple of nights in the cabins
No Escape from the Bloodlust Story and Photos by Ray Brooks My most traumatic horsefly experience came at the tender age of twenty-two, as I maneuvered a raft through a small but very rocky rapid on the Middle
In Deep Forest at Age Seven By Charles Willingham After setting up the tent at Aldous Lake, I packed our food into a nylon bag and took it about forty yards away to hang it fifteen feet high
Under the Sun and Stars Story and Photos by Linda Lantzy In less than thirty-six hours I’ll be floating the mighty Salmon “River of No Return.” Contained completely within Idaho, this 425-mile-long river begins as a trickle in
