Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Idaho. #2 is Boring. Things consider if you relocate
Idaho is a great state with great people that should be considered by almost everyone when they are thinking about moving to a new place but like all places, Idaho isn't for everyone.
Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Idaho. #2 is Boring.
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This is Why Idaho is Amazing - Pushing North 43
one of the best days of the trip so far, this one is filled with mountianbiking hot springs and freidnly locals. I love Idaho.
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I spend on average $2000 travelling, most of which is gas, some repairs, food, and on average less than $200 on any eating out, shopping or extra curricular expenditures. I make $200 a month from YouTube and $400 from Patreon. The rest I make from my work.
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1992 Dodge B350 Travelhome with the 5.9L TBI gas engine. I spent $3500 buying it and so far another $9000 in repairs upgrades and maintenance.
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Travel forever. The Arctic this summer, Asia next winter, Sailboat the world after. I want to see this whole world, and I'm playing it all by ear.
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The 10 BEST CITIES to Live in IDAHO
These Are The Best Places to live in Idaho based on crime, education, jobs, housing and things to do.
Top 10 reasons NOT to move to Boise, Idaho. You'll need some good skin care.
Top 10 reasons NOT to move to Boise, Idaho. You'll need some good skin care. Skincare is actually a big complaint in Boise. Maybe try Elemis when you move to Idaho, USA.
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4K City Walks: Boise, Idaho virtual treadmill walking tour
We visited Boise Idaho for our latest 4K virtual treadmill walking tour. We start out in the hotel district and walk up towards the capitol building, into a nearby residential area with large houses, and then back through the restaurant district.
Boise is a bustling hip city with lots of places to stay, hotels, motels and AirBnBs. There are lots of great restaurants, breweries, and coffee shops. There are bird and Lime scooters all over the place.
We had a great time in this modern vibrant city.
Here are some facts from Wikipedia:
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, the population of Boise at the 2010 Census was 205,671, the 99th largest in the United States. Its estimated population in 2016 was 223,154.[5]

Downtown Boise in the fall of 2013
The Boise-Nampa metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five counties with a combined population of 709,845, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities; Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Boise is the 80th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States
Accounts differ regarding the origin of the name. One account credits Capt. B.L.E. Bonneville of the U.S. Army as its source. After trekking for weeks through dry and rough terrain, his exploration party reached an overlook with a view of the Boise River Valley. The place where they stood is called Bonneville Point, located on the Oregon Trail east of the city. According to the story, a French-speaking guide, overwhelmed by the sight of the verdant river, yelled Les bois! Les bois! (The woods! The woods!)—and the name stuck.
The name may instead derive from earlier mountain men, who named the river that flows through it. In the 1820s, French Canadian fur trappersset trap lines in the vicinity. Set in a high-desert area, the tree-lined valley of the Boise River became a distinct landmark, an oasis dominated by cottonwood trees. They called this La rivière boisée, which means the wooded river.

Main Street in 1911
The area was called Boise long before the establishment of Fort Boise by the federal government. The original Fort Boise was 40 miles (64 km) west, near Parma, down the Boise River near its confluence with the Snake River at the Oregon border. This private sector defense was erected by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1830s. It was abandoned in the 1850s, but massacres along the Oregon Trail prompted the U.S. Army to re-establish a fort in the area in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War.
The new location was selected because it was near the intersection of the Oregon Trail with a major road connecting the Boise Basin (Idaho City) and the Owyhee (Silver City) mining areas, both of which were booming. During the mid-1860s, Idaho City was the largest city in the Northwest, and as a staging area, Fort Boise grew rapidly; Boise was incorporated as a city 156 years ago in 1863. The first capital of the Idaho Territory was Lewiston in north central Idaho, which in 1863 was the largest community, exceeding the populations of Olympia and Seattle, Washington Territory and Portland, Oregon combined. The original territory was larger than Texas. But following the creation of Montana Territory, Boise was made the territorial capital of a much reduced Idaho in a controversial decision which overturned a district court ruling by a one-vote majority in the territorial supreme court along geographic lines in 1866.
Boise has a semi-arid continental weather climate, with four distinct seasons. Boise experiences hot and dry summers with highs reaching 100 °F (38 °C) eight days in a typical year and 90 °F (32 °C) on 51 days. Yet because of the aridity, average diurnal temperature variation exceeds 30 °F (17 °C) in summer. Winters are moderately cold, with a December average of 30.7 °F (−0.7 °C), and lows falling to 0 °F (−18 °C) or below on around three nights per year. Snowfall averages 19 inches (48 cm), but typically falls in bouts of 3 inches (8 cm) or less. Spring and fall are mild. Autumn is brief; spring is gradual. Extremes have ranged from −28 °F (−33 °C) on January 16, 1888 to 111 °F (44 °C), as recently as July 19, 1960; temperatures have reached −25 °F (−32 °C) and 110 °F (43 °C) as recently as December 22, 1990 and June 28, 2015, respectively. Precipitation is usually infrequent and light, especially so during the summer months. It averages approximately 11 inches annually.
Virtual treadmill walk video - #virtualtreadmill #virtualwalk #citywalks
These videos are great for treadmill walking scenery. Getting good health at the gym while traveling to different and special virtual locations.
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Colville National Forest
This is the latest in our Accessible Destinations series for the U.S. Forest Service. In this episode John Williams explores the the Colville National Forest in Washington state. A Dave Hood Production.
Highland Peak, Boise Mountains, Idaho, 05/21/2014
Trip report:
Quick hike to test new boots for Mt Rainier
4,375' Highland Peak
max 4,375'
min 3,060'
delta 1,315'
gain rt 2,200'
miles rt 4.2
ft/mi 524
mph 1.4
hrs 3:00
start 6:15 am
stop 9:15 pm
who Erik Brady
tools na
rating fun
difficulty wannabe
prominence 606' (5,904' Lucky Pk)
isolation 2.8 mi (4,973' Little Charcoal Pk)
ID elev rank 5,405
ID prom rank 1,654
range hp no
safety class2
trivia Highpoint of the five mile long ridge separating Highland Valley from 3,060' Lucky Pk Reservoir. The only definitive subsidiary peak of nearby 5,904' Lucky Pk. Could be interpreted as the southernmost peak on the ~40 mile long Boise Ridge which dominates the west side of Boise Mtns.
5:15pm dine in while waiting out storms
6:15pm hike
6:30pm Brady sheds his weight / kitty litter
7:00pm very windy 4,375' summit
7:15pm pretty flowers in burned area
7:45pm lakeside apple/snack, thanks Brady!
8:45pm mission accomplished, forego second summit
9:15pm great end to a standard workday
Last month I stated no more hiking due to my knee acting up which I'm trying to salvage for 14,409' Mt Rainier this summer. However, both Brady and I recently purchased new mountaineering boots for said trip, and needed to confirm they're compatible with Rainier's steep slopes. So I caved and decided one more small hike was warranted.
I found Highland Peak's incline simulates Rainier nicely, so we opted for a quick possible loop which mimics climbing 25% of the way to Rainier's ice capped summit. Well, minus crevasses, extreme temps, high altitude, icy slopes... OK, maybe it doesn't really mimic Rainier, but it does provide an excuse to see the hills and should accurately tell us if our feet can handle Rainier's consistent incline in our new and brutally stiff clodhopping boots.
Initially we planned meeting around 5PM and packing dinner to the summit. But heavy rain scared us away, and we decided to grab a fast dinner inside a local joint while hoping the rain would pass. Our decision was wise, and the rain stopped just as we arrived to the trailhead an hour or so later.
I knew the area burned last year and was hoping some of the thicker green vegetation on the north side was spared, but it wasn't and the hike was fairly barren. Views were still nice as some greenery was lingering, and one section had a decent flower carpet. And I always enjoy looking up river from this vantage point.
I had planned a loop, but once arriving to the reservoir we found large sections of the beach were cliffed out, and would require much side hilling in our clodhoppers. Yuck, we opted to forego the loop and instead retrace our steps back towards the summit, making for an out-and-back hike. In the end there was no need for summiting a second time, we had our boot answer and bypassed the last 300' to the summit. Brady's feet hurt but he feels he can manage with some mods. My high arches unsurprisingly caused balls of my feet to burn around mile 3 as usual when wearing extremely hard soled tanks. I hope wearing extremely thin socks will allow enough volume to insert double cushy soles and buy more miles.
Hopefully my next trip report is of a successful Rainer ascent. Stay tuned...
Boise Farmers Market
Boise Farmers Market
pt 24 my marine daughter arrives at the boise idaho airport on my birthday july 10
my daughter arrived at the boise idaho airport
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