Long Lost Airplanes: Part II

We met up with Dave today to go see George’s great grandfathers airplane.  Dave was generous enough to chauffeur us to the airport and take us flying.  It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for George to experience a relic from his own ancestral history.

Here is a video montage of our flying time with Dave.  We really cannot thank him enough for taking us up.

We headed north later that evening via Rt. 55 through McCall per Dave’s recommendation.  It was a beautiful drive and McCall is a wonderful little town.  We spent the night at a dispersed campsite off of Last Chance Rd in the Payette National Forest of Idaho.

Boise, ID

Before heading further west to Caldwell, ID to meet up with Dave, we spent a few days in Boise.  We spent some time driving through downtown Boise and checking out the state capitol, the Boise River Greenbelt and some of the downtown neighborhoods.

Sun Valley and Ketchum, ID

We crossed into Idaho around 4pm.

What we saw was mostly desert. There are some mountainous regions with respectable sized trees, although we were definitely not expecting dry desert conditions in Idaho and were very surprised.

George wanted to see Sun Valley so we headed in that direction. Sun Valley, Hailey, and Ketchum are all very close together. Ketchum is also where Ernest Hemingway lived the last years of his life, and committed suicide there in his home in 1961. Here are some pictures of the Ernest Hemingway Memorial and his grave in the Ketchum Cemetery, as well as some photos of the town of Sun Valley and Ketchum. 

While visiting the area we camped for two nights in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in a dispersed campsite along Baker Creek.