With only one month remaining of our Idaho Adventure, we have compiled a list of our top 30 delights and highlights. Here’s what has made our time in the gem state extra special so far:

1. Unexpectedly getting to live in the heart of downtown Boise – leading to easy exploration right from our front door.
2. Learning how to survive and thrive through six weeks of hotel living
3. Hot hotel breakfast (if anyone has a lead on Hilton’s secret sausage gravy recipe send it our way)
4. Basque Block and cuisine – croquettes and sangria slushees always hit the spot
5. Stanley Road Trip
6. Camping
7. The opportunity to spruce up our camping kit with a fancy new camp stove that can have hot coffee ready in under five minutes (anyone interacting with Al in the morning is rejoicing over this technological advancement)
8. Paddleboarding at Lucky Peak State Park
9. Weekend visits from some of our favorites
10. Floating the Boise River
11. Dog Island
12. Trying our hand at Bar Trivia (Go Team Cheeseheads!) and realizing we’re much better suited sticking to the beer drinking aspects of bar going
13. Idaho Wine Trail
14. Mad Swede meatballs
15. Sunday Morning hikes in the hills
16. The Twilight Criterium Bike Race: an exciting and intense sunset bike race around the Idaho State Capitol
17. Boise Hawks Game – Al caught a foul ball!
18. Potato races at aforementioned ball game
19. Adding to our “Ways we have eaten potatoes in Idaho” list: chips, fries, tots, smashed, beer – it really is a versatile little veggie
20. The Greenbelt
21. Hot Springs
22. Blissfully cool mornings after weeks of 100+ degrees
23. The opportunity to travel home for a fun and family filled Fourth of July
24. Moving into our airbnb with yard space and more than one room (plus two bathrooms! We’re living like kings over here)
25. Exploring Hyde Park
26. Mike finally finding a bar that sells Busch Lite
27. Whitewater rafting the South Fork of the Payette River: Class III/IV rapids, an impromptu mid river cliff jump, and one unexpected swim
28. Redfish Lake Lodge
29. Mountains
30. Never-ending adventure