Bear grass flowers were in full blossom this year after the heavy spring rains. These ones were up near Burgdorf Hot Springs where we camped for a couple nights with Sean & Emily. We went on two gorgeous hikes up there.
Corn lillies! I was trying to take a photo similar to what's on our friend Todd's wall.
Beautiful hike near Jeanette Trail past Burgdorf Hot Springs.
So many wildflowers; the pink ones are shooting stars.
From our hike near Burgdorf.
We drove up to this fire lookout and climbed up to get an incredible view.
Our first barbecue grill! And I got planters and flowers in Coeur D'Alene for our porch.
We went on a big hike from the Boulder Lake trail area and saw 10 lakes!
The day before his birthday on a beautiful hike!
One of several lakes up in that trail system.
Rewarded with an expansive view and lots of glacier lillies in full bloom.
Boulder Lake
Ferns and other beautiful plants on the Boulder Lake Trail
We bought a 1977 ambulance from our neighbor Lilla's son (who is a small airplane mechanic, so we knew it was taken care of) and we're going to use it as a camper van to travel around the Southwest this winter.
Got some paddleboards from the previous birthday and Christmas monies that we supplemented. They're inflatable and a lot of fun!
This first trip was on the meanders, near the north shore of our Payette Lake. Really easy to see the fish because the water is so clear.
Flowers did well largely because our kind neighbors water them when we're away.
Paddleboarding on Upper Payette Lake
Among the water lillies at Upper Payette Lake off Warren Wagon Road.
Another hike in the Boulder Lake Area, this time from Louie Lake (photographed here with Jughandle Mountain in the background) over to the Boulder Lake trail.
We timed this hike perfectly for the lupines in full blossom!
You can see Dave hiking among the flowers here.
A yellow spider on a flower on the French Creek Trail off Warren Wagon Road.
Yet another hike that was new to us, and we were excited to see how lush it was!
Sharlie's Garden was in glorious bloom!
Mom and Dad came to visit us, and drove such a long day to get to us. This is at our property, after driving around Lake Cascade with them.
Posing at the downtown bear statue in McCall. We had a lot of fun playing disc golf at the course and bocce ball on the beach. Also went on the walk to the river to see the fish and had a great dinner with a lake view at the Chinese restaurant. We went on a lake cruise and had a wonderful meal at the Mexican restaurant at the edge of town.
We went searching for huckleberries on the French Creek trail and found some!
Our favorite day was a long afternoon spent at North Beach. We all tried paddleboarding, played catch, barbecued, sat in the hammock and had a picnic dinner. What a great summer day!
Thank you very much for visiting Szulok! Such wonderful memories, love you!
This is on the rail to trail path that goes from McCall to Lake Fork. It's really scenic. We tried it on our fat bikes that Dave just got for us.
That's me riding and Dave's great photography.
We paddleboarded on Little Payette lake also, off of Lick Creek Road. It was a really windy day so we didn't stay out for a long time. But great mountain views. We also tried Rotary beach on Payette Lake and a few other trips on the meanders (river), including once with our friends Delta and Collin and saw a moose closeup on our return trip.
Dave checking out the beaches on the river.
Enjoying the view and beach chairs at Little Payette Lake.
We made a pact and decided that once we got our schedules lined up, we would fully commit to Summer! That would mean waking up early and staying outside late and doing as many fun things as possible to make our summer last as long as possible. We spent some cash to be able to do all those activities, but it really does seem like we've been stretching summer out with all the hiking, biking and paddleboarding that we've been doing. And we're hoping the trend continues, for the rest of our times off in McCall as well as the trip down to the southwest that we've planned for this winter. Basically we're going to keep renting out our condo and fly from work to wherever we end up parking our ambulance. Hoping to see a lot more of the Southwest, especially Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. Might end up focusing mostly on the Arizona Trail (hiking and biking). Thanks for looking at our pictures, love you! Ildi & Dave
