What memories those old places bring back...El Rancho, Canyon Theater, the "Passion Pit".

I haven't been back to Mountain Home since our 10th class reunion, so I am really enjoying all the pictures and news...thank you

What about the Sand Dunes and the old Donut tree??? I remember riding my bicycle to the Spudnut and getting maple bars, then riding to the Donut tree and eating them. I think that was a trip that Eddy, Paul Engle and I made more than once...

Ahhh, yes, the Bruneau Sand Dunes. Two steps up, one step back. By the time you climbed them you were exhausted. The legs were gone. When at the top of a dune you could watch the wind/breeze blowing the sand off the crest. In time, of course, the dunes would shift and change shape. I remember the Snake River nearby. You could easily see lizard tracks in the sand, and I chased after more than a few, usually either catching a horney toad or backing away from a cornered, hissing lizard. It was much more fun chasing than catching.

My dad taught Geology (Earth Sciences) at MHHS so we always got a lesson on all the rocks and dunes, etc. Igneous, sedimentary.......

I know it isn't the sand dunes but I also remember Bruneau Canyon and traipsing around it. I remember thinking, "How could that little creek way down there ever make a canyon like this?!" Later I learned the local folks would hold rattlesnake roundups there, and folks would cook/eat the things. Umm, no thanks. I was lucky enough to have never gotten tangled with a rattler. After we moved to Spokane, Evel Kneivel tried jumping that canyon but never made it, due to a parachute malfuntion. I always wondered if his famous jump was near where I explored there.

Judy, was the Pinney Theater near Boise High School, a couple blocks? I'm certain the big wrestling tourney was at the home of the Braves, a rather old building even back then. I can't recall going to Capital except for one football game in which we got crushed. Capital was brand new then, circa 1966.

Yes the Pinney was a few blocks from Boise High .
The school ia a block from my work and still a pretty building..
Lunch is alot different than when we were kids in Mtn. Home .
We had the Hunger Hut across from school Boise High has a sidewalk hotdog stand and pizza trucks parked near by from different pizza places also school had grill set up outside for hamburgers ..Had to get in the market !

I haven't been over there lately to see if the food vendors were still there.

Thanks, Judy. What year (graduated) are you? Yes, you are sure right about lunches nowadays. At Lewis and Clark High School here in Spokane, students flock to McDonald's, Arby's, Wendy's, etc. And the selection in school is incredible. But, you know, going back for 7th's at North Elementary for pizza was good enough for me. The Hunger Hut, if I recall, didn't serve very good food. I would've remembered if they did!

Class of 64

Oh my, but the Hut DID serve the biggest, bestest, greasiest, saltiest basket of French fries - smothered in ketchup upon request - in the universe! One order of fries and a large cherry Coke would keep two people going through all their afternoon classes . . . or for the rest of the ball game on Friday nights.

Did anyone see Old Yeller and Bambi at the Mtn. Home movie. If you did let me ask this. Did they bring a tear to your eye.

Oh,my gosh, it was at the Mtn. Home Theater I saw Old Yeller, for years when ever it comes up I could only remember seeing it on video with my kids. But you reminded me that was where I saw it. Thanks Gary and yes I think I was still bawling when I left the theater.

We have wild "domestic" (ferrel)hogs here that are really causing problems! My daughter had to rush one of her dogs to the vet when ripped open by one, I thought of "Ole Yeller" and the wild hogs that chased them! I still cry when I see that movie!!!

Saw Old Yeller but can't remember exactly where. Yes, definitely teared up. Odd, but I have never seen Bambi, to this day. Can I substitute The Yearling for Bambi?