Home In Salmon Idaho

Wow....lots of space here Gt....

Wide open, Janey. :-) I was caretaker one summer when it was for sale, had racoon in the yard in evenings, deer in the morning, fox at night. I spent my childhood wandering the wood out back. Classic american mountain west.

It looks a wonderful place. Very diferent to where you live now.

It was a wonderful place, and a treasure to be there. I've only one sister lives up in that valley now. Its very nostalgic, such a remote valley with all familiar faces. Another extreme from where I am now, but most assuredly warmer and more sunshine.

I've been scanning in old photos and now and then I must share one. I didn't like photographes for many years. Now what I wouldn't give. :-) I was thinking about our fruit orchard after posting mother's current fruit trees.

It would be nice to see more photos of where you lived

Yes it would Gt....when I first saw this pic it reminded me ofClint Eastwood driving up to Meryl Streeps ranch in Bridges of Maddison County.....loved that film....Lol!

We used to keep milking goats too......the children were brought up on the milk and yogurts........

yes this is Salmon... :) My husbands parents used to be backcountry guides there. I think they used horses but am not sure..it was many years ago......Weeds would be able to tell more about that, they were her parents...

:-) Its the real west out there. :-) I'll give them a look through and pick some out. :-)

We always had milk goats around, mother and a few sisters are allergic to cow milk, and my father raised on a dairy was comforted I believe by the milking. It was a natural life that I took for granted in those days.

Most of the backcountry around there are on horseback Cat. I'm sure that is what they did. There is almost endless range in the surrounding mountains, and horseback could get you so deep. Plus, plenty of horses, we still had wild herds around that I used to watch come down to water at the river, that is something else, wild horses.

It sounds wonderful. Don't you ever wish you were still living there ?

looks and sounds an amazing place GT..hope u enjoyed your trip down memory lane...;-))

I would love to see wild Mustangs running free...that has to be awesome.

It is a wonderful place and I miss it sometimes, but a small isolated community and very little for work. I have enjoyed the escape though visits are excellent. I'm due one here. :-)

Thank you Sandra, it was wonderful. I've gained some photos from a friends visit of some residences there I think you will really enjoy seeing. I'll get some posted.

Cat, the horses are still gathered by the BLM each spring there to tag and auction, then set free those remaining. The big roundup. I've heard there isn't many left, but a wild horse.....nothing like that.