Following rivers

We did find Idaho and have wandered up through the middle of it. The roads follow waterways, so we wind up the Payette River and down the Salmon, then up the Clearwater and we follow a forrest service road up to a camp spot on the Selway River. The Selway is gentle with a few white water spills. We test out the kayak and it does well on the river although it is designed as a flat water boat. We manage to stay dry and although cautious at first, Esten wants to stay another day and “run the river” again.

We cross the Lolo Pass into Montana, sixty miles up a canyon following the Lewis and Clark trail through the Bitterroot Mountains. We are heading generally north and west and have decided to visit, eventually, Waterton Park in Canada (the Canadian side of Glacier National Park).

View from a lunch stop on another river

Life is good, join us for dinner. (really if you can). If not, try this dish we made up.

Cooking outside needs to be simple,( one pot), tasty, and for us “healthy”. So in a cookpot open and drain a couple of cans of black beans and a couple of cans of stewed tomatoes, chop in an onion and some celery, and dice in a couple of chili peppers (serano work well) ,dice in a few tomatillos, add a generous amount of cilantro and drop in a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts. You won’t need a lot of spice but some oregano, salt and pepper, and a little tobasco work well. Bring it up to low boil and do something else for about and hour. Then pull out the chicken and string it with a couple of forks and drop it back in. How you eat this is up to you. It works well in a bowl or on a tortilla with fresh tomato and feta cheese sprinkled on top.

I usually cook enough of a dish for several days. We keep the dinner in a ziplock for some easy cooking.

If you do try this I'd love some feedback.