Caution looked like the right choice when we woke up there was about 3” of snow in W. Yellowstone. When we left we had decided to head for Mountain Home ID for the day, but driving thru the snow down the mountain Ton mentioned a place we had always talked about going to and said the fall colors were supposed to be nice there tight now. So mid-drive we reprogrammed the GPS for City of Rocks National Preserve on the Idaho, Utah, Nevada border.
Ton’s instincts were dead on. This place is a real hidden gem of the park service. It is run jointly by the National Park Service and the Idaho Park and Recreation Department. It is on the old California Trail which is a branch of the Oregon Trail. It has some of the most incredible rock formations and we found it extremely beautiful and tranquil. It is really remote and the night sky was also fantastic.
If you are ever in SE Idaho along I-15 so yourself a favor and swing thru.