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Portland to Sun Valley 2009
Sun Valley has long been one of the nation’s premiere destina … More
Sun Valley has long been one of the nation’s premiere destination playgrounds. But what many don’t realize is how much there is to do on the way to Sun Valley. From winery tastings to condor watching. From ghost towns to a ghost penitentiary.
Day 1:
The drive out of Portland along I-84 takes you right past the beautiful Multnomah Falls—always worth of a short stop to stretch your legs.
Check out the windsurfers doing somersaults through the air inside the Columbia Gorge at the picturesque town of Hood River. Then learn about the raging floods and volcanoes that created this gorge, take a nature trail through colorful native wildflowers and check out everything Lewis and Clark took on their “vacation” through a replica display at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles.
Past Baker City is the Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum in Ontario, Ore., which offers a revealing look at several of the different cultures that have settled this land from the Basques to the Japanese. Step inside the barracks of an internment camp erected for Japanese-Americans during World War II and stroll through a giant siphon tube as you learn how irrigation changed the face of the West in these parts.
Day 2:
The Warhawk Aviation Museum, located off Interstate 84 near the Caldwell airport, sports an array of vintage aircraft and other memorabilia, including two P-40 fighter planes used in Pearl Harbor.
The nation’s largest concentration of Peregrine falcons and other raptors nest in high canyon walls south of Boise. You can learn about them and have a personal encounter with such endangered species as the California Condor at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey by taking exit 50 off Interstate 84 as you’re heading into Boise.
Check yourself into solitary confinement and learn about the colorful characters that once inhabited the Old Idaho Penitentiary under Table Rock in east Boise. Check out Boise State University’s famous blue turf and catch a moment or two at the Boise Art Museum and Idaho Botanical Garden.
Day 3:
The fastest way to Sun Valley is along Interstate 84 to US 20. But Idaho 55 north to the Banks-Lowman highway follows a more scenic route paralleling the Payette River. Kayakers from as far as France and Japan come here to match wits with rapids like Taffy Pull, Hound’s Tooth and Jaws. Half-day and daylong rafting trips can be arranged.
Kirkham Hot Springs, just east of Lowman on Highway 21, features hot waterfalls cascading into sandy rock pools—a welcome respite in the crisp mountain air.
A stop at Redfish Lake, a tree-ringed five-mile glacial lake named for the sockeye salmon that once painted the lake red, is a must. While there, pick up a free auto-tape at the Visitor Center, which will tell you about the history of the area as you continue your drive to Sun Valley.
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters just north of Ketchum, offers interesting wildlife exhibits and plenty of advice on the hikes you can take in the area.
Day 4:
Cast your fly into the Big Wood River. Or head down to Silver Creek Preserve, clear water spring that attracts anglers from around the world.
Spend the rest of the day hiking to Pioneer Cabin, which sits in a cirque of jagged peaks. Or take an easier hike along the on the Fox Creek or Chocolate Gulch loops.
Come evening, put up your feet and let Company of Fools make you laugh at The Liberty Theatre, the house that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore built in Hailey.
Day 5:
No trip to Sun Valley would be complete without a drive north of Ketchum to the Galena Overlook, which offers a broad view of the Sawtooth Mountains, named for their resemblance to a saw. Go further, if you like, for a visit to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery or a stop at Redfish Lake, a beautiful glacial mountain lake named for the red salmon that used to color the water.
The Harriman Trail—a relatively easy wide mountain bike trail parallels the highway between The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters and Galena Lodge. And the SNRA offers wildlife exhibits for those who wish to stop
to look at maps.
Back in town try your aim shooting clay pigeons at the Sun Valley Gun Club. Check out the current art festival. Or, maybe you’d just like to spread out a blanket and look up at the starry, starry night...
Day 1:
The drive out of Portland along I-84 takes you right past the beautiful Multnomah Falls—always worth of a short stop to stretch your legs.
Check out the windsurfers doing somersaults through the air inside the Columbia Gorge at the picturesque town of Hood River. Then learn about the raging floods and volcanoes that created this gorge, take a nature trail through colorful native wildflowers and check out everything Lewis and Clark took on their “vacation” through a replica display at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles.
Past Baker City is the Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum in Ontario, Ore., which offers a revealing look at several of the different cultures that have settled this land from the Basques to the Japanese. Step inside the barracks of an internment camp erected for Japanese-Americans during World War II and stroll through a giant siphon tube as you learn how irrigation changed the face of the West in these parts.
Day 2:
The Warhawk Aviation Museum, located off Interstate 84 near the Caldwell airport, sports an array of vintage aircraft and other memorabilia, including two P-40 fighter planes used in Pearl Harbor.
The nation’s largest concentration of Peregrine falcons and other raptors nest in high canyon walls south of Boise. You can learn about them and have a personal encounter with such endangered species as the California Condor at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey by taking exit 50 off Interstate 84 as you’re heading into Boise.
Check yourself into solitary confinement and learn about the colorful characters that once inhabited the Old Idaho Penitentiary under Table Rock in east Boise. Check out Boise State University’s famous blue turf and catch a moment or two at the Boise Art Museum and Idaho Botanical Garden.
Day 3:
The fastest way to Sun Valley is along Interstate 84 to US 20. But Idaho 55 north to the Banks-Lowman highway follows a more scenic route paralleling the Payette River. Kayakers from as far as France and Japan come here to match wits with rapids like Taffy Pull, Hound’s Tooth and Jaws. Half-day and daylong rafting trips can be arranged.
Kirkham Hot Springs, just east of Lowman on Highway 21, features hot waterfalls cascading into sandy rock pools—a welcome respite in the crisp mountain air.
A stop at Redfish Lake, a tree-ringed five-mile glacial lake named for the sockeye salmon that once painted the lake red, is a must. While there, pick up a free auto-tape at the Visitor Center, which will tell you about the history of the area as you continue your drive to Sun Valley.
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters just north of Ketchum, offers interesting wildlife exhibits and plenty of advice on the hikes you can take in the area.
Day 4:
Cast your fly into the Big Wood River. Or head down to Silver Creek Preserve, clear water spring that attracts anglers from around the world.
Spend the rest of the day hiking to Pioneer Cabin, which sits in a cirque of jagged peaks. Or take an easier hike along the on the Fox Creek or Chocolate Gulch loops.
Come evening, put up your feet and let Company of Fools make you laugh at The Liberty Theatre, the house that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore built in Hailey.
Day 5:
No trip to Sun Valley would be complete without a drive north of Ketchum to the Galena Overlook, which offers a broad view of the Sawtooth Mountains, named for their resemblance to a saw. Go further, if you like, for a visit to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery or a stop at Redfish Lake, a beautiful glacial mountain lake named for the red salmon that used to color the water.
The Harriman Trail—a relatively easy wide mountain bike trail parallels the highway between The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters and Galena Lodge. And the SNRA offers wildlife exhibits for those who wish to stop to look at maps.
Back in town try your aim shooting clay pigeons at the Sun Valley Gun Club. Check out the current art festival. Or, maybe you’d just like to spread out a blanket and look up at the starry, starry night...
Day 1:
The drive out of Portland along I-84 takes you right past the beautiful Multnomah Falls—always worth of a short stop to stretch your legs.
Check out the windsurfers doing somersaults through the air inside the Columbia Gorge at the picturesque town of Hood River. Then learn about the raging floods and volcanoes that created this gorge, take a nature trail through colorful native wildflowers and check out everything Lewis and Clark took on their “vacation” through a replica display at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles.
Past Baker City is the Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum in Ontario, Ore., which offers a revealing look at several of the different cultures that have settled this land from the Basques to the Japanese. Step inside the barracks of an internment camp erected for Japanese-Americans during World War II and stroll through a giant siphon tube as you learn how irrigation changed the face of the West in these parts.
Day 2:
The Warhawk Aviation Museum, located off Interstate 84 near the Caldwell airport, sports an array of vintage aircraft and other memorabilia, including two P-40 fighter planes used in Pearl Harbor.
The nation’s largest concentration of Peregrine falcons and other raptors nest in high canyon walls south of Boise. You can learn about them and have a personal encounter with such endangered species as the California Condor at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey by taking exit 50 off Interstate 84 as you’re heading into Boise.
Check yourself into solitary confinement and learn about the colorful characters that once inhabited the Old Idaho Penitentiary under Table Rock in east Boise. Check out Boise State University’s famous blue turf and catch a moment or two at the Boise Art Museum and Idaho Botanical Garden.
Day 3:
The fastest way to Sun Valley is along Interstate 84 to US 20. But Idaho 55 north to the Banks-Lowman highway follows a more scenic route paralleling the Payette River. Kayakers from as far as France and Japan come here to match wits with rapids like Taffy Pull, Hound’s Tooth and Jaws. Half-day and daylong rafting trips can be arranged.
Kirkham Hot Springs, just east of Lowman on Highway 21, features hot waterfalls cascading into sandy rock pools—a welcome respite in the crisp mountain air.
A stop at Redfish Lake, a tree-ringed five-mile glacial lake named for the sockeye salmon that once painted the lake red, is a must. While there, pick up a free auto-tape at the Visitor Center, which will tell you about the history of the area as you continue your drive to Sun Valley.
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters just north of Ketchum, offers interesting wildlife exhibits and plenty of advice on the hikes you can take in the area.
Day 4:
Cast your fly into the Big Wood River. Or head down to Silver Creek Preserve, clear water spring that attracts anglers from around the world.
Spend the rest of the day hiking to Pioneer Cabin, which sits in a cirque of jagged peaks. Or take an easier hike along the on the Fox Creek or Chocolate Gulch loops.
Come evening, put up your feet and let Company of Fools make you laugh at The Liberty Theatre, the house that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore built in Hailey.
Day 5:
No trip to Sun Valley would be complete without a drive north of Ketchum to the Galena Overlook, which offers a broad view of the Sawtooth Mountains, named for their resemblance to a saw. Go further, if you like, for a visit to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery or a stop at Redfish Lake, a beautiful glacial mountain lake named for the red salmon that used to color the water.
The Harriman Trail—a relatively easy wide mountain bike trail parallels the highway between The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters and Galena Lodge. And the SNRA offers wildlife exhibits for those who wish to stop
to look at maps.
Back in town try your aim shooting clay pigeons at the Sun Valley Gun Club. Check out the current art festival. Or, maybe you’d just like to spread out a blanket and look up at the starry, starry night...
Day 1:
The drive out of Portland along I-84 takes you right past the beautiful Multnomah Falls—always worth of a short stop to stretch your legs.
Check out the windsurfers doing somersaults through the air inside the Columbia Gorge at the picturesque town of Hood River. Then learn about the raging floods and volcanoes that created this gorge, take a nature trail through colorful native wildflowers and check out everything Lewis and Clark took on their “vacation” through a replica display at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles.
Past Baker City is the Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum in Ontario, Ore., which offers a revealing look at several of the different cultures that have settled this land from the Basques to the Japanese. Step inside the barracks of an internment camp erected for Japanese-Americans during World War II and stroll through a giant siphon tube as you learn how irrigation changed the face of the West in these parts.
Day 2:
The Warhawk Aviation Museum, located off Interstate 84 near the Caldwell airport, sports an array of vintage aircraft and other memorabilia, including two P-40 fighter planes used in Pearl Harbor.
The nation’s largest concentration of Peregrine falcons and other raptors nest in high canyon walls south of Boise. You can learn about them and have a personal encounter with such endangered species as the California Condor at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey by taking exit 50 off Interstate 84 as you’re heading into Boise.
Check yourself into solitary confinement and learn about the colorful characters that once inhabited the Old Idaho Penitentiary under Table Rock in east Boise. Check out Boise State University’s famous blue turf and catch a moment or two at the Boise Art Museum and Idaho Botanical Garden.
Day 3:
The fastest way to Sun Valley is along Interstate 84 to US 20. But Idaho 55 north to the Banks-Lowman highway follows a more scenic route paralleling the Payette River. Kayakers from as far as France and Japan come here to match wits with rapids like Taffy Pull, Hound’s Tooth and Jaws. Half-day and daylong rafting trips can be arranged.
Kirkham Hot Springs, just east of Lowman on Highway 21, features hot waterfalls cascading into sandy rock pools—a welcome respite in the crisp mountain air.
A stop at Redfish Lake, a tree-ringed five-mile glacial lake named for the sockeye salmon that once painted the lake red, is a must. While there, pick up a free auto-tape at the Visitor Center, which will tell you about the history of the area as you continue your drive to Sun Valley.
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters just north of Ketchum, offers interesting wildlife exhibits and plenty of advice on the hikes you can take in the area.
Day 4:
Cast your fly into the Big Wood River. Or head down to Silver Creek Preserve, clear water spring that attracts anglers from around the world.
Spend the rest of the day hiking to Pioneer Cabin, which sits in a cirque of jagged peaks. Or take an easier hike along the on the Fox Creek or Chocolate Gulch loops.
Come evening, put up your feet and let Company of Fools make you laugh at The Liberty Theatre, the house that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore built in Hailey.
Day 5:
No trip to Sun Valley would be complete without a drive north of Ketchum to the Galena Overlook, which offers a broad view of the Sawtooth Mountains, named for their resemblance to a saw. Go further, if you like, for a visit to the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery or a stop at Redfish Lake, a beautiful glacial mountain lake named for the red salmon that used to color the water.
The Harriman Trail—a relatively easy wide mountain bike trail parallels the highway between The Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters and Galena Lodge. And the SNRA offers wildlife exhibits for those who wish to stop to look at maps.
Back in town try your aim shooting clay pigeons at the Sun Valley Gun Club. Check out the current art festival. Or, maybe you’d just like to spread out a blanket and look up at the starry, starry night...
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