Actually, the town is called Picabo, but pronounced Peek-A-Boo. The population is 128 souls in the surrounding 40 square miles consisting mostly of large ranches and irrigated fields. We stayed two nights and today I took a walk down the dirt road to the fly fishing river, Silver Creek, a mile each way.
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| Location of Picabo in relation to Yellowstone to the east and Boise to the west. |
The nearest flowing stream is Silver Creek, a scenic spring-fed tributary of the Little Wood River, a key source of irrigation water for eastern Blaine County. The pristine Silver Creek is renowned among fly fisherman and was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, who enjoyed hunting and fishing along the stream with local rancher Bud Purdy. The name "Picabo" supposedly derives from a Native American term translated as "silver water".
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| Looking west across the valley |
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| Looking back towards our RV park |
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| The Silver Creek, upriver |
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| The Silver Creek, upriver |
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| Towards the southern hills |
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| Heading home |
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| Upriver |
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| Everyone wanted to watch... |
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| ....as I walked by.... |
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| ....and on the way back too |
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| Two magnificent horses |
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| One decided to look at me. |
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| Our spot with the southern hills in the distance |
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| Our spot |
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| Katie wanted to "talk" to the sheep in the field in front of our coach but they were too shy. |
We've been discovering that Idaho is gorgeous ! Scenic ! Way better than we expected ! ...can't wait to explore more of it in the years to come.
thanks for viewing....
steve/kim/katie
