This website will eventually go away. I built it to help keep things organized. The current title is An Outdoor Idaho Life. Or My Outdoor Idaho Life. Or Inside Outdoor Idaho. A subtitle eludes us at this time. 

You can assume that all of these chapters are still drafts, at least for another few weeks. I have appreciated all the assistance I've received from friends. I might not have all of the suggestions reflected  in these chapters, but I am making sure that my very latest rewrites are on this website. 

The order of chapters you see here may not hold. If you have some thoughts on the order, please let me know.  

My goal is to have the writing completed by mid-September and the photo choices by end of October.

For the finished book, the plan is to have color photos for each chapter. Photos would mostly be from other people: Tim Tower, Jim Hadley (with help from Mary McMahon), Dan King, Rick Gerrard, Peter Morrill, myself, and others.  I am receiving invaluable assistance from many friends, not only with photos and punctuation but with content as well. I realize how lucky I am. Writing is usually a much lonelier process.

The thing has 23 chapters completed. You should be able to reach them all. You can ignore the current photos at the head of each chapter; they are merely placeholders. I have not posted the final chapter, "A Sense of Place." It's the 24th chapter. That I will post soon.

The goal is to have books in-hand for Idaho Public Television's March pledge drive. The fine folks at the station will produce an hour-long Outdoor Idaho program and will offer the book as one of the gifts.

Caxton Printers has agreed to publish the book. Thanks so much to president Scott Gipson. Caxton's is The publisher in Idaho. I am grateful.  I'll keep everyone posted. I definitely have my work cut out for me during the month of October... a terrible month to be inside, but that can't be helped. Maybe it will rain all through the month!