Idaho Here I Come!!!

[MazzyStar]

Those pics are beautiful!  But what is all that green stuff on the ground?

[Breezymtns]

lol Mazzy we thought it was an endangered plant species... until we moved

[Hillbillies]

I always thought about moving to a place like this to raise my little chitlens.  Then I thought about how they would become teenagers and hate me for it.....

[Breezymtns]

Ya know Hillbilly I guess you never really know... kids are weird lil creatures... or can be I should say...

I grew up in the country we always had ranches... back then in the middle of nowhere.... one was in Moorpark, CA the other was in Angels Camp, CA.  My Dad deserted me when I was in my late teens, unfortunately.  Although fortunately the one thing I have held true and have been very grateful about is his determination to raise me in the country.   He instilled in me the greatest appreciation of the great outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping, raising horses, being good stewards of the land etc.  My brother & I were the only kids for many miles.  There were other folks (5 or more miles away) That consisted of old ranchers & their wives that we pretty much helped to take care of.  We had the greatest of times.   The word "bored" did not exist in our vocabulary.  There was always plenty to do.  One thing for sure was the family quality time... we didn't classify it like we do today... it was just livin' back then... families enjoyed eachother's company...those are some of my clearest & dearest memories of my entire life.   No one had to entertain us 24/7.  We made huck finn rafts, made fishin poles from bamboo stalks, fished from our own ponds... raised our own veggies, fruit, cattle, rode horses almost everyday etc  & had a total blast drivin' tractors.  We learned how to drive on dirt roads & when we started driver's ed... way back when you actually took this class in high school... my brother & I were the only kids who already knew how to drive.  Boy were we proud of ourselves.  I remember how scarey it was when the teacher had to let these other kids behind the wheel!   We felt like our lives were in jeopardy lol

I guess everyone has different views of life and how they have choose or wish to live it.   I believe If & when you have a dream, calling or goal you should embrace it... life is way too short not to

[Hillbillies]

Amen.  I was poking fun in my previous post.  Too bad other parents in this outdoor town can't seem to get their kids to appreciate what they have around them....   

[Toolman]

I always thought about moving to a place like this to raise my little chitlens.  Then I thought about how they would become teenagers and hate me for it.....

I was born in Torrance Ca. 1955 and dad was fed up with Ca. then. He found Hayden Id. on a hunting trip and moved us there in '62 when he returned home. I still think to this day, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Hayden is just south a few miles from were Micheline is now, and seeing these pictures is making me seriously home sick. I spent my summers on a Red Angus Ranch shoveling anything you can think of. Living up there taught me a great deal about respect for the critters and the forest. Winters were harsh but not all that bad. I had to shovel the approach before Pop's came home and you thought our snow plows are late....ha. Snow shoe rack in the back of the bus, walking a mile to catch the bus.

 Some day I hope to go back, and it will be for good. But at least I won't have to catch the school bus.

[Hillbillies]

Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like if my my parents had never moved from Mammoth.  We lived up there briefly when I was a toddler.