What do you do for vacation each year?
Some of us might be lucky to have a vacation, or not, but being in the hospitality and vacation business here at Swiftwater RV Park outside of White Bird, Idaho, we see vacation folks daily. Recently we had four hiking guests from Florence, Alabama. These four buddies take a week's vacation with each other every year, and the activity is always camping and hiking. Lucky for us, the 2009 destination was Idaho. They’ve been exploring many western states for the last several years, so this year it was central Idaho’s turn.
Paul, Jack, Craig and Steve begin their trip began by flying into Boise from Alabama, complete with checked luggage which included tents and camping gear. After renting a Chevy Suburban, they stuffed everything inside and headed to Stanley, Idaho to begin the week’s hiking and camping adventure.
The Sawtooth mountains were wonderful, and so was the Frank Church Wilderness, all of which added to their great store of fun memories from over the years. On this side of the mountains, they ended in White Bird, Idaho. tenting a few nights by the Salmon River at Swiftwater RV Park. Nearby hiking treks included up Rapid River, and to Heavens Gate, where at the scenic overlook, they visited with the USFS Ranger and enjoyed the fabulous views into four states. By the way, this spot in the Seven Devil Mountains is the highest viewpoint on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon. Awesome vistas were the name of the game, complimented by just about perfect hiking weather.
Music to my heart, they also exclaimed that Swiftwater RV Park is a great place to camp, and they appreciated our super clean facilities and laundromat. Since White Bird is Idaho’s shortest driving distance into Hells Canyon, we urged them to stay another day and hike from Pittsburgh Landing to the Kirkwood Historic Mansion, but their flight home couldn’t be postponed.
Back home in Florence, Alabama, one guy is a department chair at the University of North Alabama (www.una.edu), and his
friend is a retired chair/professor, so they’ve been friends for years. Another guy is a economic development specialist for the Tennessee Valley Authority, who actually lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while the other guy is an engineer for the FAA. It’s super to meet interesting people from other parts of this great country, and how happy I am they chose to vacation in Idaho!
In other years, they’ve camped and hiked Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon and Montana. From hiking, to fishing, hunting, 4-wheeling, and wild-life watching, the west has the best!
Sitting beneath the giant willow trees at Swiftwater RV Park, alongside the Salmon River, on the second day of their hiking trip, sharing memories, food, drink and laughs, they’re probably beginning to plan next year’s hiking and camping adventure.
Paul, Jack, Craig and Steve begin their trip began by flying into Boise from Alabama, complete with checked luggage which included tents and camping gear. After renting a Chevy Suburban, they stuffed everything inside and headed to Stanley, Idaho to begin the week’s hiking and camping adventure.
The Sawtooth mountains were wonderful, and so was the Frank Church Wilderness, all of which added to their great store of fun memories from over the years. On this side of the mountains, they ended in White Bird, Idaho. tenting a few nights by the Salmon River at Swiftwater RV Park. Nearby hiking treks included up Rapid River, and to Heavens Gate, where at the scenic overlook, they visited with the USFS Ranger and enjoyed the fabulous views into four states. By the way, this spot in the Seven Devil Mountains is the highest viewpoint on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon. Awesome vistas were the name of the game, complimented by just about perfect hiking weather.
Music to my heart, they also exclaimed that Swiftwater RV Park is a great place to camp, and they appreciated our super clean facilities and laundromat. Since White Bird is Idaho’s shortest driving distance into Hells Canyon, we urged them to stay another day and hike from Pittsburgh Landing to the Kirkwood Historic Mansion, but their flight home couldn’t be postponed.
Back home in Florence, Alabama, one guy is a department chair at the University of North Alabama (www.una.edu), and his
friend is a retired chair/professor, so they’ve been friends for years. Another guy is a economic development specialist for the Tennessee Valley Authority, who actually lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while the other guy is an engineer for the FAA. It’s super to meet interesting people from other parts of this great country, and how happy I am they chose to vacation in Idaho!In other years, they’ve camped and hiked Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon and Montana. From hiking, to fishing, hunting, 4-wheeling, and wild-life watching, the west has the best!
Sitting beneath the giant willow trees at Swiftwater RV Park, alongside the Salmon River, on the second day of their hiking trip, sharing memories, food, drink and laughs, they’re probably beginning to plan next year’s hiking and camping adventure.
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