It,s great to live in rural Idaho. This is an irrigated area along the Snake river. I live at the edge of the irrigated land and the desert or seeding is only a half a mile away. This is the best of both worlds. I can ride from the pasture/corrals to the desert on my riding mule and roam vast stretches.  Those that do not live in areas with government lands miss the opportunities to use them. Idaho is almost half government lands and it is open for use to the public. We (my wife and I and usually some friends) try to get in mule packing trips a couple of times a year to the wilderness areas. These are areas that allow no motorized items to be used in them, such as motor bikes or even chain saws. I enjoy the Jarbidge widerness in northern Nevada. It is extremely steep country but has good trails. The worst part of packing is that I'm not worth a darn for about two weeks after returning as I can only think how nice it was to have been there.

I post some pictures one of these days to show you the riding and pack animals and the country.