Two weeks ago, Ben had to go up to Challis, Idaho to deliver a proposal for work and he took us along for the ride. Challis is about 2 1/2 hours northwest of here and none of us had been over that way before, so it was a fun adventure. The kids got to skip school, so they were thrilled of course.
On the way to Challis, we stopped in Arco. It was quite an ugly little town in my opinion. They had spray painted the mountain behind them with high school dates, which made it look trashy.
We survived riding in the company car with all children able to touch one another!
There were long stretches of desert until we reached Mackay.
Once in Challis, we stopped at a super cute restaurant... The Tea Cup Cafe.
We dropped off the proposal and drove up the canyon north of Challis. Ben has decided we need to live there. Middle of nowhere of course.
Challis was a cute little town... population 1,085.
On our way out of town, we stopped at the Challis visitor's center. I took pictures while Ben and the kids mined for gold and explored the museum.
Our next stop was to see a giant fault line from a 7.3 earthquake in the 1980s. The inner geologist in me found it pretty interesting. :)
Our last stop was Mackay, Idaho. My grandparents lived there before they moved to Duchesne. My mom went to grade school for a few years there. There are only about 500 people, but it's definitely gorgeous. It reminded me a lot of Tabiona, Utah.
I'm convinced we need to move to Mackay to live in this house...
Or this one...
Mackay Elementary School
Gorgeous mountains by Mackay.
As we drove home, we ran into a crazy thunderstorm. I was able to get some cool shots of the lightning on my phone. After the storm was the most gorgeous rainbow we've ever seen. Pictures don't do it justice.
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Now that is the Elementary School I remember and not the shack you and Ben showed me the picture of. LOL
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