Boise National Forest and Cascade Lake State Park

After leaving Birds of Prey, it was a top priority to find a new campground.  While eating lunch at Baja Fresh (I haven't had that since we lived in Manassas!), Bill found Cascade Lake, about an hour and a half from Boise.  One of our shortest travel days, and it was so awesome.  Combine the hour and a half from Birds of Prey to Boise with the trip to Cascade Lake, a three hour travel day was pretty darn sweet.  We grocery shopped in Boise, had lunch there as well, and then hit the road.  Even with construction delays, we got to the campground around 4:00.  Bill and the kids got to setting up the tent, I got dinner prep underway.  The sun is still up, dishes are drying in the rack, the tent is all set up, complete with rain fly (rain is possible, plus the temps are supposed to drop to about 40 degrees tonight).  The lake is gorgeous, the kids are having a grand ol' time on the huge expanse of grass we got to place our tent, life is good.  

Our first view of the Playette River as we travelled through Boise National Forest.  So much green.  So very nice after all the desert browns of Dinosaur National Monument.  It's a very different forest from those around us in Denver, too.  I'm digging it.

So many rapids and falls on this river.  Really gorgeous to get to drive near.              

This is where we get to call home for the next several days.  I feel like Flynn Ryder--I could get used to this.