The McAdam Family: The Other Side of Hell and 16 Teeth

(This is John's first blog post! Enjoy)

Olivia has sixteen teeth. This is how she deals with change.

On May 8th John had a company meeting in Boise. It was 8 hrs of driving for a 3 hr meeting. Good thing he got a rental out of it. He left early so he could do his thing. His first stop on the way was Horse Butte, just before Burley, very close to where Hwys 84 and 86 meet. Turns out the Butte was just a hill next to a rest area. This is a picture of the rental car at the rest area.

This is Horse Butte. No wonder John had trouble finding any information on it online.

The summit. After walking for about 15 minutes and crossing three barbed-wire fences.

Other side of the butte from the 'summit.'

John's second stop on the way to Boise was Burley Butte. This one was even more pathetic. John actually drove over the Butte before he even realized he had missed it. Yes, this is a picture of the Butte.

And this is from the "summit," also taken from the car.

On John's way back from his 600 mile drive he stopped at a rest area between Blackfoot and Idaho Falls that he said the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) website for Bonneville County claimed there were trails at that rest area which were part of Hell's Half Acre. John confirmed that they were and we did the first one, I-15 Pocatello bound, on Saturday. This is the map of it at the trail head.

It's a pretty serious hike when you have to bring a bag of chips along.

Fun little paved paths. The trail head sign said it would take 45 minutes to walk. At a truly leisurely pace we did it in about 15 minutes. Don't trust trail signs.