Stuart....
One of the biggest attractions for US ---- is that people WANT to come here. You want to ski? Let's go skiing.... you want to fish...(fly)... there's 1400 lakes and a half a zillion creeks.... You want to Mountain bike? There's ten gazillion miles of single track trails and only 2 gazillon miles of flat double wide... You want to Golf?? I live on a 27 hole golf course (Trail Creek and White Clouds - you can mix and match your 9's)... You want to hike? OMG... step off the patio and head out. Valley View trail cuts a corner off the property. See ya when you get back... or I'll meet you in town at the Starbucks (my buddy Rizzo owns it - one of 6 privately owned in the country).
We are building the house with KIDS -- and ACTIVITY -- and long term (meaning more than a weekend) guests, in mind. We have a spare set of wheels (if you don't mind driving a new Land Rover)... TOWN is 2.2 flat miles of beautiful walking on a combo bike pedestrian path. The golf lodge is across the street -- and the Sun Valley Lodge and "mall" is half a mile. Galena lodge is 23 miles up the road and has fantastic snowshoe trails from beginner to expert...
Jackson Hole is a 4 hour drive... Salt Lake City is 4 1/2 hours.... Boise is 2 1/2 hours.... and Thunderhill is 10 in the rig... Same as from Seattle... only a prettier drive. The Costco is in Twin Falls -- 2 hours straight down the hi way - you don't turn the wheel or touch the brakes... and really? How often do you go? It's an adventure. Oh - almost next door is the Freightliner dealer where I get the rig serviced. Last time I went down - we took the Range - and while the rig got serviced we did Costco and Home Depot and all the "city crap".
And all winter long you'll wake up to bluebird skies and a view of the mountain that will draw you in like a moth to a flame... Oh -- it's 5* this morning -- but hey! It's a DRY cold! LOL
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