Idaho

Idaho is one of those states we probably wouldn't have chosen to go to on a normal holiday only because it is so close to states with bigger personalities and attractions. Yet what I hadn't realised until I started researching this state is just how big it is. If you were to flattern all the moutains in Idaho, it would be the same size as Texas!

One of the more unusual attractions on our tour through Idaho, will hopefully be a stop off at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I. This is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles southeast of Arco. It was one of the first electricity-generating nuclear power plants and is now open to the public to view and learn about the history.

State:	Idaho
Towns of Interest: (FB) = Firebreak	N/A
National Parks:	N/A
State Parks of Interest:	N/A
Places of Interest: (N) = Night Stay	Coeur d'Alene (N) (Resort on the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene set in idyllic landscape) Route 93 Lost Trail Pass (This is the start of the scenic route that follows Route 93 - zig zags through forests and then accends 7,000 ft) Salmon (N) Challis (Small town with services and stores) Stanley (Glacial moraines formed stunning lakes, accessible by car, within the Sawtooth Valley. Each lake is impressive in its own right with the skyline of the Sawtooth Mountains standing guard over it) Sunbeam (N) (small town with a number of campsites around it. Check out the ruins of an old dam) Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark. The facility is open to the public seven days a week from the Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can see nuclear reactors and related historic displays and learn about current INL projects) Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (N) (vast landscape of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush) Shoshone Falls (a waterfall on the Snake River. Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet high — 45 feet higher than Niagara Falls) Pocatello (Somewhere to stay the night) (N)
Routes of Interest:	Route 93 - Challis to Stanley
Where to Stay:	Coeur d'Alene  Beauty Creek Campground ($20) - National Parks Campground Camp Coeur d'Alene ($26) Wolf Lodge Campground ($25) Salmon  Salmon River ($15) Century 2 Sunbeam  Upper O'Brien Campground ($26) Blind Creek Campground ($5) Lower O'Brien Campground ($14) Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve Lava Flow Campground ($15) - Campsites are surrounded by a young lava flow near the visitor center Pocatello ?