Beautiful Idaho

So remember how I loved the scenery while driving to Moscow a few weeks ago? Last weekend one of my friends from High School was getting married in McCall. I figured since I was right around the corner, that I'd make my way back up to Moscow again, but this time I was a little more prepared. I brought my camera with me and on the way up and the way back I stopped several times to take pictures of the trees, rivers, the lake in mccall, etc. I have to say the mountains in Idaho during the fall is now my favorite place to be! 

Natalie's wedding was beautiful! She and her husband we married on a ranch in mccall next to the lake. The location was beautiful as well was the bride!

I loved her cake so much! Originally I walked right by it thinking it was a decoration, then when we were sitting down eating I saw it again.  It's defiantly Natalie looking!

On to the rest of the trip. Most of the pictures were taken between Horseshoe Bend and New Meadows.

This is so peaceful to me. I love how low the water is so you can see the rocks.

I love this bridge so much and the beautiful colors surrounding it!

 These two pictures were taken at the ranch where Natalie had her wedding.

 McCall

All of these were taken at Payette Lake in McCall. Im in love!

 On the way home, this is was about Grangeville and the whole sky looked like someone took their fingers through smooth sand and drew these lines. It was cool!

These two are my two of my favorites! Again I love the rocks!

I hope I get the chance to see more of beautiful Idaho next year during the fall. 

October

Every year I get so anxious for October to come because it is my favorite month of the year! What is not to love about it? It's the starting of the holiday seasons, (which means lots of shopping) it cools off so your not dying of heat and you get to wrap up in blankets, it turns the whole world into amazing colors (red being the favorite), AND you get to finally pull out the cute clothes that have been keeping in the back of your closet for the past 8 months (boots, jackets, coats, scarves, etc). I'm getting so excited right now thinking about it. This October (yes there's only been 4 days of the month so far) has already been off to a GREAT start! 

I got the chance to drive to northern Idaho for the weekend to visit a couple people that I have been missing since they left to go back to Uof I. If you have never driven through the rocky mountains during the fall, put it on your life to do list! Oh-my-goodness! It was SO BEAUTIFUL! If I wasn't on a time crunch to get there I would have stopped at every turn out and taken pictures. The temperature was just right for me to drive with the sun roof open, the sun was just past the mountain tops so it was bright but not so bright the sun's in your eyes, and I can't even describe how beautiful everything looked with the fall colors! Then on my way back when i wasn't driving in the dark near Moscow, I got to see the Palouse hills. (google it if you dont know what im talking about) I have never seen hills like that before. They may have been dry/dead wheat fields but it was so pretty looking! Also on my way back i stopped in McCall to eat and snapped a few pictures of the lake. I can't wait to go back in a few weeks for Natalie's wedding to see how much it changes. 

McCall Lake and Lewiston with a few of the hills

Then there is Moscow. Not much to see there. It's your typical college town with apartments everywhere and lots of buildings with class rooms and a few stores here and there, but I think it's the prettiest campus I have been on. I don't know if it's because I got to walk around the campus on Sunday so it was really quite, or it was the company I was with, or the really pretty colors, or old buildings, or what, but it was so enjoyable. They have a really pretty garden area with so many different plants, trees, and flowers that we walked around for a couple of hours talking, looking, and pointing because there was so much to look at. I got to go in a few of the buildings and see the old architecture! (I think his favorite part of that was being able to stand in front of the classroom to see what it was like to be the teacher. haha weird kid) On top of all of this excitement, it was General Conference weekend. For the Sunday afternoon session we took his laptop and found a comfy place under a tree and laid down and watched the general authorities and the prophet speak to us. There were so many great talks that were given! It was just a great weekend! 

I didn't take this picture but that's pretty much what one of the buildings looked like

I have loved every minute of October so far! Driving many hours and seeing what beautiful things God has created, hearing General Conference, seeing a new part of Idaho, spending lots of time with Justin, getting to sleep over at Brittany's sorority (well we didn't sleep much haha) and running into an old friend from high school while on campus was the cherry on top. There's not much more I could ask for. 

Things to look forward to this month...

*more fall colors appearing

*the smell of fall

*hot chocolate or apple cider

*pulling out more coats and boots :)

*driving back to mccall for Natalie's wedding

*seeing my brother and sister-in-law and my niece that will be visiting 

*Halloween and everything that comes with that

It will be a GREAT month!