Is it time to buy your family a “get-away” mountain cabin in Idaho?

Rush hour.  The honking cars, the buzzing road construction, the squealing brakes.  An hour to go five miles.  Every day.  Five days a week.

You go home to your family and everything’s rushed.  Your daughter has ballet class. Your son has soccer practice.  They both have music lessons.  Rushing here and there and everywhere.  When everyone finally settles down and is quiet, it’s bedtime.  There’s never a moment’s peace.

The weekends aren’t much better.  So many errands to do in so little time, it seems: grocery shopping, chores, other activities that won’t fit into the weekly rush.  Do you ever get any time with just you and your family, sitting around a table having dinner or playing a board game?  Do you ever get to ask them how their day was or connect with them?

If any of this sounds familiar to you…isn’t it time to get away?

What better place to get away than in the lush, rolling hills and green grass of the gorgeous state of Idaho?  Your getaway mountain cabin awaits—eager to give you the rest and relaxation and quality time you and your family so desperately need to get back to what’s important in life.

How do you know when it’s time to look at real estate in Idaho?  Well, simply put, you’ll just know—when you can’t remember the last time you had a real conversation with your son when he wasn’t in front of a TV screen—when you never see your daughter without her cell phone in her hand—when you haven’t spoken more than five words to your spouse in a week, and those five words were “What do you want for dinner?”

Idaho isn’t just lush and beautiful, it’s also a piece of history.  Idaho’s a key point on the Oregon Trail and the landscape alone speaks of a time when the US was wild, free, uncharted territory.  Get your kids to put those phones and computers to good use researching the history of Idaho while you fish, hike, go on picnics, and just enjoy the serenity and beauty of your get-away cabin in the mountains of scenic Idaho.

Isn’t life too short to spend every minute in the carpool lane?  Get away, break out of the mold, and escape.  Don’t just invest in real estate or a few days of vacation time–invest in family togetherness and bonding with those you love.  The time you spend in your mountain cabin in Idaho, you–and your children–will never forget.

Check out some glorious Idaho views on VisitIdaho.org.