Ketchum, Idaho

Dates: 8/11/09-8/14/09

Transportation: Using your round trip ticket, you will fly back to Cancun at 6:15 P.M. and arrive there at 8:00 P.M. From there, you will board a plane at 10:05 P.M. and arrive in Twin Falls, Idaho at 6:00 A.M. This will cost $484. Then, from the airport, you will take a one hour 45 minute drive to Ketchum. This will cost $40.

Geography: Ketchum is a small city in the middle and southern part of Idaho. Idaho has many rivers and has multiple national parks inside it.

Climate: Summers in Idaho usually reach high temperatures but carry low humidities. Precipitation is at its highest in the summer in the southern part near Ketchum. Temperature ranges from 60-88 degrees Fahrenheit in August.

Stay: You will be staying in the Clarion Inn. It will cost $240 for three nights.This is within walking distance of many Hemingway landmarks.

Activities: 1. You will be going to see the Ernest Hemingway Memorial. This is a five minute walk from the hotel. It is a monument with Hemingway's sculpted head and inscriptions at the base.
2. There is the Sawtooth National Forest near Ketchum that you will want to see. It's a half an hour walk from the hotel to get there. Hemingway loved the outdoors, and this national forest would have been his element with all its vegetation and wildlife.
3. You will need to go see Ernest Hemingway's grave in the Ketchum Cemetary. It is also only a 5 minute walk from the hotel.

Language: Idaho is in the U.S., so nearly all the people you meet will speak English.

Government: The United States is a Democratic Republic.

Currency: Idaho uses the U.S. Dollar.

Time Difference: Ketchum is an hour behind Oak Park. (-1)