We drove to Bonneville Point today, and stopped along the way to photograph the the mountains reflected in the water along Blacks Creek Road.
Barns & Buildings of Idaho
Monday Drive
The wife and I woke up this Monday morning to blue skies. It had been so long since we saw blue skies we were turning into mushrooms. Cranky mushrooms! So we cancelled whatever plans we had today and took off for a drive. Sitting in the car as we backed out of the garage I asked my lovely wife what direction I should head in. She said it was my choice. I proceeded north toward the town of Eagle on North Eagle Road which turned into Willow Creek Road as it left the fancy houses behind. Eventually we left most of the faux farms and ranches behind and came out here:
I love this spot!
Along the way we saw some animals. Birds, Horses, a fuzzy Steer (I think?) and a pheasant which was gorgeous as the sun exploded off the colored feathers. Sadly, I did not get a photo of the pheasant as my camera was on the floor of the car and since Idaho does not believe in highway guardrails I wasn’t about to lean down and grab it and then go sailing into the air.
Willow Creek Road is barely paved, and then becomes totally not paved. We continued generally north until my wife pointed to a dirt road heading sort of west. It was Jackass Gulch Road. We took that and it eventually came to Route 16 AKA Emmett Highway. We like Emmett so went there. Then on the way back we took Old Freeze Out Road which offered interesting views of the hills and looked out over Emmett, with the snow capped mountains in the distance. We had no clue where the road would take us but stayed on it nevertheless. It wiggled right and left and circled the hills like crazy. Somehow we wound up heading north on St Johns Avenue which eventually came back to Emmett and Rt 16.
As you can see we did a great deal of wandering about Emmett. Got a nice view though of the town and the mountains in the distance.
Along Old Freeze Out Rd the grass on the side of the hills looked almost like fur. Really beautiful.
After circling about and through Emmett we returned home, taking the same route along Jackass Gulch Rd and Willow Creek Road into Eagle.
It is nice to be less than 20 minutes from what I would call wilderness. The open fields, the blue skies, the mountains all rejuvenated our spirits!
Dart
Shoo Fly Pioneer Cemetery
My wife and I took a drive out to Owyhee County to visit Shoo Fly Pioneer Cemetery, which is not too far from the town of Grand View, Idaho.
Reynolds Creek Cemetery
The wife and I took off from Boise to Murphy, Idaho and then from there took Rabbit Creek Road which was mostly gravel and dirt at places. Our destination was a graveyard in Reynolds, Idaho. Not a town, just a location I think. Magnificent beauty along the way. Below are just a few of the photos we captured. Plan on going out next time there is a blue sky
Boise Train Depot
A famous historic landmark in Boise, this is now managed by the Boise Parks Department. No longer acting as a train depot, the tracks behind the station are live and trans do come by. A great place to look out over the city. You can stare down the street and see the capital building at the other end. Beautiful gardens, water fountains and just a great place to visit.
Church
In the town of Oreana, Idaho sits a very old Catholic church. Our Lady Queen of Heaven.
Wikipedia has information about it too.
Farm/Ranch Equipment
Being as I am not even casually knowledgeable about farm or ranch equipment, I am just posting photos of strange things I find in fields.
I am not sure if this a tractor or a “combine”? Not good with agricultural equipment. But it was pretty sitting there.
The photo below is “equipment”, right?
Maybe this used to be farm equipment?
Not sure what this is, but it looked like equipment and it was laying out in a field……
The last one is this one below. Definitely equipment, and in a field.
