What we found down that road

Elk! We found elk! These guys were all over the place. They paused to watch us for a while, then got back to doing their elk thing.

Amy got out of the car begging to hike (uh, after whining about the rain? ok) so we let her lead. She could go anywhere she wanted and we would follow.

She picked a pretty nice path. This is what I imagine Scotland looks like. And probably feels like- it was still pretty wet. 

walk walk walk

We came back down toward the car and hung out by the creek. I guess it feeds into the Payette. 

Daddy carved her a good peeled fightin' stick. 

And then Amy spent a lot of time under a little tumble of reeds and sticks, playing her own little game. I love it when she sort of zones out in nature. This is what I feel like an Idaho kid gets- lots of experience with the outdoors and a familiarity with being outside that will mean she's never afraid of any adventure.