Island Park Idaho

You know the saying:  “If you don’t like the weather in Idaho, just wait 15 minutes.  I suppose that came from someone who visited Island Park about this time of year.  We’re in the thick of what the locals refer to as “the shoulder season.”  I’m not sure whether that means the slightly slower season between two much higher traffic seasons, or whether it’s the season where the weather is so unpredictable, you just need a shoulder to cry on.

At any rate, this time of year we can go from severe clear, to rain, to snow to hail and back to blue sky, just in the morning.  Who even knows what the afternoon will hold.  One thing’s certain: if you’re coming this time of year, you don’t want to leave your coat home.  Just because it was 55 degrees yesterday, doesn’t mean we won’t have a norther blowing in temperatures well below freezing today.

We know one thing for certain, however.  Summer is coming.  We just don’t know when, or how long it will stay.  Which brings us to that other time-proven cliche for Idaho.  What do you do in the summer in Idaho?  Well, if it falls on a weekend, we usually try to have a picnic.  So  –  just in case  –  if you’re throwing in your coat anyway, you might as well throw in a picnic.  You never know.  Summer might just hit while you’re here!  It could happen.