Archive for 'Maverick Car Company' Category
Jul 6, 2021

Hi Everyone! We’re excited to bring you Week 2 of our Summer Adventure series. This series is meant to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer. As a reminder, our goals for each article are to: 1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to […]

Jun 29, 2021

Hey Everyone! We’re excited to kick-off our new Summer Adventure series where we plan to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer. Starting today, and in the coming weeks, we’ll be hitting topics like: camping, hiking, mountain biking, and more. Our goals for each article are to: 1. […]

Apr 15, 2021

Idaho is perfect for bouldering. The state’s geological history includes massive deposits of magma that shape the landscape all along the Snake River Plain. Ancient super floods and the Snake River have carved canyons and filled them with large basalt boulders offering climbers the chance to practice the sport they love without the need for […]

Apr 15, 2021

Last time I checked, tire maintenance is still pretty important. You should treat your tires like your own children, with strict discipline. You should also give them plenty of attention and devote your energy to their care and wellbeing. For tires to grow up healthy and well-balanced, they need to be rotated and hugged often. […]

Apr 8, 2021

In 2021, the Boise River Greenbelt turns 52. The legacy Boise’s past leaders left us in the form of the riverside paths reminds me of this ancient Greek proverb: “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit.”

Apr 7, 2021

There’s just something wonderful about that combination of bread, cheese, and tomato sauce that makes pizza so alluring. And it’s highly customizable. You can pretty much throw anything on and toss it in the oven. I’ve eaten hundreds of pizzas—both fresh and frozen—and nothing compares to a pizza fresh from a wood-fired oven. After watching […]

Feb 11, 2021

To some folks, saving $30 by changing your own oil isn’t worth it. I grew up poor, and an extra $30 in the family budget meant we could afford the finer things in life like VHS rentals and supermarket ice cream. Though I’m in my thirties now and can afford to have someone else do […]

Feb 11, 2021

In the mid 1860s, at its peak during the gold rush, Idaho City was the biggest city in the northwest with about 200 businesses and 7,000 residents. If you’ve been to the small mountain town in the last 130 years, you’ve probably noticed it’s changed a bit. With about 500 residents, according to the 2010 […]

Jan 28, 2021

It’s official. I can’t be a member of Idaho Jeep Girls for two glaring reasons: I don’t own a Jeep and I’m not a girl. Despite my attempts at haggling and offering to trade in my Subaru for the famed four-wheel drive, nothing could convince members to let me join. Alas, I’ll have to find […]

Jan 21, 2021

Crossing deep snow is a pain in the you-know-what. Since our ancestors didn’t have four-wheel drives and Whole Foods with stocked shelves, they were forced to invent efficient ways to cross snow effectively to hunt and forage. In modern Russia, archaeologists have found skis that date back as far as 8,000 BCE, so the method […]