June 17th, 2009
Coming Soon In Garden Valley
In spring or early summer, while driving home from work in Garden Valley at dusk, the traffic you have to watch out for crossing the highway doesn’t come with overpasses or merging lanes….it’s groups of elk, jumping fences, darting from one ranch to the next, going down to the river for a drink or to a greener pasture. In the last three weeks, they started calving and if you are lucky, you’ll see the little ones still with spots. Just by taking in the scenery you’ll know you’ve entered one of Idaho’s greatest playgrounds, no stoplights here, only two paved roads, one being the Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway along the Payette River corridor into the Sawtooth Mountains.
Summer is a great time to experience Garden Valley with events to please everyone in the family. Next weekend, June 19, 20, 21 will be the first annual Payette River Experience with a mountain bike race, a whitewater festival, 5 and 10k runs, 1k family run and walk, fly fishing tournament , outdoor concert and more. Go to www.thepre.com for more information. The Starlight Mountain Theatre is also in its show season with musicals 6 nights a week all summer and a 4th of July celebration that’s nationally famous.
On a different note, the brand new energy efficient K through 12 Grade School will be open this fall. Garden Valley offers pre-school for both 3 and 4 year olds and has been awarded the “School of Excellence” award in the entire state for 1A athletes for scholarship, citizenship, and sportsmanship. Garden Valley has also just received a grant for $3 million from the Department of Agriculture to install a biomass boiler furnace for the school further reducing it’s carbon footprint. Contact marlo@windermere.com for more information.