Idaho offers a playground for the Rocky Mountains

Shortly after checking into the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch we’re headed nine miles up Highway 75 into the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreational Area.

Welcome to the dusty outpost of Stanley, Idaho. It boasts a year-round population of 73. We pop into Sawtooth Adventure Company and confirm our half-day whitewater trip on the raging upper fork of the Salmon River with Johnny Landward, an expert guide and funny guy.

By TERRY CONWAY

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Idaho Wilderness filled with soothing sounds

By Ellen Galvin
Contra Costa Times Correspondent

Superpowers aren’t all they are cracked up to be.

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