State 10:
Welcome to the next post in my series highlighting states we have visited throughout the years. I hope you will enjoy coming along for the ride!
I will be featuring the states alphabetically. The next state is
Idaho
Idaho became the 43rd state on July 3, 1890 and the capital is Boise.
We’ve driven through the Idaho panhandle on I-90 a couple of times going between Montana and Washington but never had a chance to stop in that part of the state.
I discovered there was more to Idaho than potatoes when we spent a fabulous week in Island Park, Idaho near West Yellowstone, Montana. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that in addition to potatoes there were waterfalls, mountains, cattle ranches, and spectacular scenery.
We chose Red Rock RV Park in Island Park on a small country road as our home base for exploring Yellowstone National Park. It was a quiet and peaceful location to relax after spending the day exploring. We were so busy enjoying the wonders of Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and the scenery going to and from the parks that I never got around to taking many pictures of the campground.
One of our drives took us through Yellowstone and the Tetons and back to the campground through Idaho. We passed by fields of wheat and potatoes before driving on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway in the Targhee National Forest.
We made a stop at Mesa Falls State Park for a look at two waterfalls.
One day as we were returning to the campground we were held up by cowboys herding cattle down the road. Another day we had to cancel our plans to attend a rodeo because of a big thunderstorm.
To read previous posts about the states featured in this series just click on the state name: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii
Wandering Dawgs 
Never been to Idaho, but I have head it is beautiful. Photos look lovely!
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Thank you. We enjoyed our time in Idaho.
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What a beautiful State, Idaho. The photo of Upper Mesa Falls was very nice. We didn’t make it there…. yet. Now you have increased its position on our list, lol
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Another fun thing about staying in Idaho was every time we went to Yellowstone we crossed the Continental Divide in Idaho and then the Montana and Wyoming state lines!
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So much to see. I remember studying these topics but they had no relevance until NOW. Its a live history course. Thank you. Gotta see Idaho more!!!!
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Idaho was one of my favorite states on our RV trip. I especially liked Redfish Lake. Exquisite.
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We didn’t get to see much of Idaho but I still have great memories of our week there.
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Idaho looks amazing. This post was very helpful in discovering so many new things about this State.
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I’ve been to most of the states, but I don’t believe I’ve been to Idaho. Beautiful waterfall. 🙂 You could turn these posts into a lovely coffee table book. 🙂
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Thanks Judy. I’ll have to think about that coffee table book….
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We love water falls as a reward in our hikes. These were spectacular-I could hear the roaring water! Great photos. Hope we make it here one day….
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We had to walk down a series of stairs to get to see the Upper Mesa Falls up close.
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I think it was in NC where they had fabulous falls, but stairs were involved, so Bill just took pictures (and I snapped photos of his descent!) for me while I waited. It’s so weird, I can climb a mountain, created by God, but man made stairs kill my knees. So glad I can at least hike!
So stairs are OK for you? I can actually go down, it’s coming up that is painful….
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I always have to stop to catch my breath coming back up stairs.
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At least you can go up them! LOL
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