some reasons why Idaho is one of the greatest states in the Union:
just a few miles up river from Riggins, Idaho and we found some fabulous sandbars, like this one.
half of the fam-bam enjoying the river bank.
So we took the long way home on this road, called the French Grade. It was built in the 1930s by the CCC and is a series of switchbacks ascending out of the Salmon river valley. Lots of hairpin turns like this one:
And then a DAY after watching "Into the Wild" we happen upon an abandoned bus. Just a little too coincidental. I'm glad we weren't in Alaska (although I still really wanna go someday).
