Idaho #2
This 101-mile, two-hour drive is only accessible spring through fall and winds through forested mountains in Idaho's panhandle, skirting the shoreline of Lake Coeur d'Alene and over the hills to Potlatch. East of Coeur d'Alene, get off I-90 at the Rte. 97 Exit and head south. The road hugs Wolf Lodge Bay, an arm of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Here, fall salmon runs draw about 60 bald eagles to the bay daily.

AARP to Lawmakers: Let's Get Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Right
AARP Urges Legislators to Support State-Based Marketplace to Help Individuals & Small Biz Better Afford Their Health Insurance BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the start of the 2012 Idaho state legislative session just around the corner, talk is starting to turn to the hot topics, among them: the creation of a state based health insurance marketplace and how, and if, to spend a $20.4 million federal grant to make it happen. The issue and proposed draft legislation will come before the state legislative Health Care Taskforce today and AARP Idaho is urging legislators to support measures that will ensure individual consumers and small businesses get the same deal on health insurance costs as large busi ...

AARP Urges PUC to Say "No Way" to Idaho Power's $83 Million Rate Hike
Last Public Hearing on Rate Hike Tonight – If Approved Will Mean Nearly $90 Million in Hikes for Idahoans as Many Struggle to Pay for the Basics BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Idaho Power reported record earnings last quarter, raking in roughly $40 million more than the prior quarter.  But that hasn't stopped the state's largest utility company from seeking to hit consumers with even higher energy bills – to the tune of $83 million in rate hikes plus $6 million more in customer service charge increases.  AARP Idaho says enough is enough and is urging the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deny the rate hike request.

Online Thieves Banking on Careless Last Minute Idaho Shoppers
Reports of I.D. Theft & Fraud Down in the Gem State, AARP Idaho Says: Let's Keep it That Way - Releases List of "12 Tips to Safer Online Holiday Shopping" BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With holiday shipping deadlines down- to-the- wire, the on-line dash for last minute gifts is on, and identity thieves and online scammers are banking on Idaho shoppers being careless.  The seemingly "perfect" gift purchase may be hiding a nightmare by giving thieves access to a shopper's credit information, credit card numbers and bank accounts.  While reports of I.D.