Spud. Tater. Tuber. Tottie. No matter what you call it, if you’re in Blackfoot, Idaho, you’re a-gonna worship it! Quite obviously, the Idaho Potato Museum shares with you all of the riveting history, agriculture, and economics of the state’s most important product and...
A quickly revised travel plan sent us through Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, with its immense watery playground, candy-colored cliffs, towering 1,000 foot walls, and non-existent crowds. But before that, we were in Island Park, Idaho, just a few miles from the state lines of both...
Well helllllooooo, Stanley, Idaho! We love your low valleys, soaring peaks, lush farmland, outdoorsy people and totally kick-back attitudes! Stanley and Salmon are two of our favorite small towns in central Idaho … really small! Current CDC guidelines...
Welcome to historic Idaho City, which had the largest population in the entire Northwest during the height of the rip-roaring gold rush days, from 1862-1866! The “worst of the worst” were here – desperate outlaws and colorful characters, all desperately...
Continuing the “Out-of-the-Way 2020 Tour,” we headed to City of Rocks National Reserve, a little-known, but super-fascinating, far-southern Idaho destination. Between 1843 and 1882, a staggering 240,000 emigrants passed through City of Rocks along the California Trail, in...
Our amazement turned to giggles (what are we, six years old …?) when we learned how The Grand Tetons were named. French trappers called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” which means the “The Three Breasts.” Grand Teton literally means “the...
After a brief swing through McCall, Idaho, last summer, we knew a return visit was in the cards! In 2017, we stayed three days. In 2018 … two weeks! That’s how “taken” we were with this place, the mountain version of Goldilocks: not too...
A 15-mile bike ride, downhill all the way, through gorgeous forests with incredible scenery, along the path of a historic abandoned railway route, through 10 train tunnels and over 7 sky-high trestles, with a shuttle to take you back to the top when you’re done? Yes, please...
We’d heard McCall, Idaho was a great place, but did not expect it to be one of our FAVORITE places we’ve visited yet in the Lucky Charm. With an abundance of fabulous outdoor recreation and an adorable lakeside town, we were charmed! Also, it was here that I...
June, 2017: The Lucky Charm’s 2017 Summer Adventure has arrived! With 4,251 miles tooling around Idaho, Washington and Oregon (route map at the end of this post), we are super excited to explore the Upper Northwest! Snow-capped mountains ringing Idaho’s Sun Valley...