Recommendations for Idaho

We love Hellsgate SP on the Snake R, at Lewiston, ID - SW end of the panhandle. Plenty of shade trees, bike trail from the park that hooks into the Lewiston-Clarkston bike trail along the river. Access into Hells Canyon via jet boat excursions. A starkly beautiful area.

There's lots to see and do, but the major scenic areas and places to stay in the western side of the state and panhandle are these:

Scenic Drives:
ID 75 from Challis through Stanley to Ketchum and Hailey.
ID 55 from Boise/Eagle to McCall, then north on US 95 to Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint
US 95 from Fruitland to Cambridge, then ID 71 to Hells Canyon

Campgrounds and State Parks:
Ponderosa State Park in McCall
Any FS campground between Challis and Ketchum
Farragut State Park and Priest Lake State Park in the panhandle

Henry's Lake State Park was nice, but they charged me $5.00/day extra for my toad, even though I specified it in my reservation. Clean place, electric & water hookup, no cable. Dump site is there.

Convenient to West Yellowstone and West entrance to Yellowstone NP.

Dick_B wrote:
While you are waiting do a Google search for `Idaho tourism' and read what the experts recommend.

Thanks, I've done that search and found a lot of good information but now I'm looking for any additional real world experience.

Farragut State Park between Couer d'Alene and Sandpoint on Lake Pend Oreille is a beautiful camping park. All options for camping available. They usually say they are full but often times have openings for no shows. The Lake is 47 miles long and 1200 feet deep. Only 11% of the shoreline is developed. Gorgeous for sure. We have a summer house on the Lake and drive our Isata 3 between Chicago and the Lake House.

Good info above. Also July Aug bring a shovel to help put out forest fires.
Also look up county campgrounds. There's a few sleepers. We love st Joe river.

While you are waiting do a Google search for `Idaho tourism' and read what the experts recommend.