"Stay-cation" Ideas -- June Activity

Thanks for your help with the baby quilts. I know they will be much appreciated wherever they go.

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Amee Smith is our new preparedness leader. She gave some great handouts that can help you gauge where you are in your personal emergency preparedness. If you didn't get one, contact her!

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Here is the list of the "stay-cations" we came up with. Enjoy!

BOISE

• International Market
• Basque Block
•  Trolley Tour (Boise Township Tours)
• Old State Penitentiary
• Zoo Boise
• Morrison Knudsen Nature Center
• Walk the greenbelt
• Float the Boise River
• Idaho Botanical Garden
• Lucky Peak

 NAMPA/CALDWELL

• Warhawk Museum
• Lake Lowell (Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge)
• Greenbelt (Wilson Pathway) and others 

OTHER PLACES IN IDAHO

• Shoshone Falls (near Twin Falls)
• Thousand Springs (near Hagerman)
• Balanced Rock (near Castleford and Twin Falls)
• City of Rocks/Castle Rocks (south of Declo)
• Emmett Cherry Festival (June 17-20)
• Huckleberry Festival (Donnelly, August 14-16)
• Starlight Mountain Theatre (Garden Valley)
• Craters of the Moon
• Redfish Lake
• Blue Lake
• Cascade
• Yurt Camping
• Eagle Island State Park 
• Bruneau Sand Dunes 
• Jump Creek (near Marsing)
• Shoshone Ice Caves
• Kuna Caves
• Burgdorf Hot Springs (Ghost town N of McCall, can stay in old cabins)
• Givens Hot Springs (near Melba)
• Walters Ferry and Cleo's Trail (near Melba)
• Warren (Ghost town abt 45 miles NE of McCall)
• Silver City (Ghost town abt 1.5 hr drive south of here)
• Custer (Ghost town near Redfish Lake/Stanley; July 11th is Custer Day!)

You can get an Idaho Parks Pass for $10 with your car registration which will allow you entrance to ALL Idaho stake parks! It is possible to get the pass if you have already renewed your registration.

Here is another website with some more local activities.