Archive - 2017

Silver Falls State Park, OR: Fallin’ For The Falls

Nestled in the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, the 9,000-Silver Falls State Park is the largest and most popular of all Oregon state parks. One of the main draws is its spectacular hiking on The Trail of Ten Falls.  Where else can you walk behind, around, over, under and (if you’re adventurous, through) TEN breathtaking falls in a 7 mile hike?   Not just...

Wallace, ID: Biking to the Center of the Universe

A 15-mile bike ride, downhill all the way, through gorgeous forests with incredible scenery, along the path of a historic abandoned railway route, through 10 train tunnels and over 7 sky-high trestles, with a shuttle to take you back to the top when you’re done?  Yes, please! We drove 100+ miles out of our way just to experience the Route of the Hiawatha...

Ketchum, ID: Bikes, Hikes and a Visit to Dear-Dead-Papa

June, 2017:  The Lucky Charm’s 2017 Summer Adventure has arrived!  With 4,251 miles tooling around Idaho, Washington and Oregon (route map at the end of this post), we are super excited to explore the Upper Northwest! Snow-capped mountains ringing Idaho’s Sun Valley area welcomed us, where it is well-known for  winter skiing but equally...