87. THE SNOW SHACK, Boise, ID

With the Summer heat there is only one way to beat it and that is Ice Cream!!! 

Seriously ask Keaton and Rebecca. 

You can buy ice cream at the store, but why do that during the summer months?  Buy your ice cream from the Best Snow Shack in Boise Idaho!  Take a drive down to the corner of Franklin and Orchard you will find a real shack (that is made of wood, thus the real shack) with Christmas lights and a car parked in the front with the license plate "Hey Jude." 

Judy, our favorite Snow Shack Lady, makes the best snow cones.  "Why?" you ask, it is because she puts extra syrup in the cup, thus allowing it not to be ice at the bottom of the cup but flavored ice.  She is nice (very important) and if you go with the parfait you get a layer of flavored ice, ice cream, another layer of flavored ice, more ice cream, flavored ice again! and then the last swirl of ice cream.  It is Amazing! 

Go ahead and treat yourself to a good ole' inexpensive date, family night or fun!

86. SWAN FALLS, Kuna, ID

It is summer time, it is fishing time, cooking tin foil dinner time and best of all Camping Time!!!  Can I hear a "heck yes"?

 

Camping can be a big ordeal, getting everyone ready, the food, making sure you have a place to go all of it; well great thing about the Treasure Valley is that you can drive 40 minutes away and you can be secluded and all by yourself camping in the wild.

We recommend Swan Falls.  

This lovely isolated spot is right next to a dam and the Snake River.  There are always camping spots open for cooking, sleeping, fishing and playing.  We just spent Friday night to Saturday morning at Swan Falls, the actives we participated in were Wildlife, Tin Foil Dinners and chasing tents because we didn't stake them down right away!

It is a great place to be for the weekend and for a family gathering.