Hanging out for a week in Driggs, Idaho

Our rental house in Driggs, Idaho

I’d never heard of Driggs, Idaho until I was searching for a place to rent for a week near Jackson, Wyoming. This place in Driggs popped up and I was intrigued by its description, location, and price, so I booked it despite needing to drive about an hour to […]

The ghost town of Bannack, MT

Bannack, Montana was a gold mining town founded when gold was discovered in 1862. The mining was primarily placer mining, including dredges. Like many frontier towns, Bannack had its share of characters. One of the most notorious was Henry Plummer, the sheriff. He was accused of being the ringleader of a band of outlaws (whose […]

Checking out Salmon, Idaho

We combined our trip to Sisters, OR with a follow-on week near the Grand Tetons, but since our reservations didn’t exactly coincide, we filled a few days with a stop-over in Salmon, ID. I thought the drive from Sisters to Salmon was a bit too long, so we did a layover in Boise. In the […]