Ha ha - funny timing. I just blew into Idaho again today. Once again, two of the places I was looking at sold while I was driving up.
I've got an appointment at two more places on Monday, both a little higher than I wanted to go, but they are income farmland with nice homes, and 40 acres of the CA property just went into escrow, so I guess I have the extra ducats, barely.
I do really like that area up there by Spokane through CDA (in the Summer), and especially up to Bonner's Ferry (very popular with the redoubt crowd). Plus I could be a pain in the ass to Bob.
But being within an hour of Boise makes it easier for me if I have to head back to CA in a hurry for my dad, who I can't convince to move with me. Plus having just got back to my room from the Sandbar outdoor restaurant on the river, there are a LOT of hot chicks around here, and they're all friendly.
Side note - where I come from pasture ground is the lowest income ground. Not up here. One of the places I'm looking at, the owner lets his friend graze cattle on his pasture, and the friend rate is $250/head/year (one head =~1acre). That's as much as you get leasing row crop land per acre in CA.