Good Enough

For last week's camping excursion near Pocatello, we finally decided upon:
Goodenough Creek Campground

Is a beautiful place to be this time of year. The weather is bordering on too hot. The stream is way too cold. Together, it's perfect. Note to the wise: Do Not attempt to nap in a tent that is in the sun. Not in this place. You end up all sweaty and won't sleep well. Hot!! Not even at 8am.

Ian loved tasting all of the new (to him) rocks and dirt clods and twigs and grass.

He found some peace with a good book.

We went on a hike, as well.

The perfect little get-away for a few days. All of the campsites are streamside, quite private, and have shade.

Some have more of these things than others, and the way primo campsites were taken when we got there. That's three of 13, though, and we snagged a really cool campsite. The stream winds back away from the road and "main area" where the fire pit and picnic table are located. Back there, we found two great clearings, one perfect for our tent (and a place it could go for daytime naps in the shade). The stream was very cold, and that was perfect for chilling beer. However, one has to make sure that the beer is in a location of relatively slow water flow. The two minutes it took to retrieve beer #2 from the downed branch area were excruciatingly cold.

There is a charming day-use area that has horseshoe pits (and horseshoes even!), picnic tables, grills, etc. Trails abound in every direction. We definitely would like to go back when we have more time to spend, during the week, snag one of the very shady campsites, and explore more and lounge much more.