Anyone been stationed at Mountain Home AFB?

tjenbell

Looks like that is where we are going next. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from Malmstrom, but at least it's warmer. Good thing we like outdoor activities. Plus, I have heard Boise's cool and the housing on base is nice. Anyone else been there?

Brandienee85

I wish...

I miss mountains. 

tjenbell

Haha! I think it is near mountains (like maybe an hour away), but not in the mountains. It's considered high desert. Apparently you can see the mountains in the distance, though. The name is a little deceiving.

tjenbell

Killer Cupcake:

That would be a no, but Idaho is gorgeous. 

Yeah, my only experience has been a whitewater rafting trip on the Snake River. That was fun. Ironically, I told my son as we were rafting down the river, "I wouldn't mind living here." Got home a few days later and dh said he was told that is where we are going next. I thought it was a pretty state. I guess I've just gotten used to moving so far every PCS that this is a little anticlimactic, but it really did look like it was a beautiful state.

Deblondie1

tjenbell:

Looks like that is where we are going next. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from Malmstrom, but at least it's warmer. Good thing we like outdoor activities. Plus, I have heard Boise's cool and the housing on base is nice. Anyone else been there?

I was stationed there for 5.5 years. Boise is really great and the mountains are nice to travel to, especially Sun Valley. If you are into outdoorsy things it'll be your kind of heaven LOL There are great ski/snowboarding runs in ID. I would suggest trying to NOT live on base. The town of Mt Home is a good 20 min drive from base and Boise is another 30-40 min on top of that, depending on where you are going. DH and I have decided that if we get stationed there again, we will bite the bullet and live in Boise. I need more that the BX and a Walmart to sustain me. Bc that is ALL that there is near base, a Walmart, 4 McDonalds, 8 bars, 10 Mexican restaurants, a Maurice's, and a couple Subways. And no, I am not making that up. Plus Boise has the Greenbelt which is awesome for biking and hiking. Oh and if you like wine, there are a couple of good wineries really close that you can tour. 

I can try to answer any other questions you might have, if you'd like? 

Sibil

I have some good friends who've been stationed there, and I drove through once on my way to Oregon.  You guys are really pulling the remote conus locations, aren't you?

Seriously, there's nothing there.  I stopped for gas and was shocked at how little there was.  I do know people who plan on retiring there bc they loved it so much, but I know as many who were thankful they got the hell out.  To them, Misawa (where I met them) was a metropolitan city.  In reality, it was a town of 40,000 people who only spoke Japanese, in the middle of nowhere rice farming land.

At least skiing isn't too far away? 

JessikaLeigh1

I was there for four long years....we jsut PCS'd 6 months ago. Base housing is very nice. Mountain Home the city has nothing to offer but wal-mart. Boise is a good hour away from mountain home, it is a nice city and has alot to offer if you don't have kids. I was pregnant and had infants while were there half the time so all the outdoor rec stuff thats the majority of stuff to do in idaho was not really an option. The drive to Boise is horrible. straight road, nothing to look at. Its a high desert, so very hot in the summer, very cold in the winter. Dry. I personally can't say I enjoyed my time there. I loved the base, and working there; I miss the F-15 world more than anything...but I was glad to leave Idaho. Don't let me be your only opinion though! Alot of my single or married with no kids friends really liked it there.

JessikaLeigh1

Deblondie1:

tjenbell:

Looks like that is where we are going next. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from Malmstrom, but at least it's warmer. Good thing we like outdoor activities. Plus, I have heard Boise's cool and the housing on base is nice. Anyone else been there?

I was stationed there for 5.5 years. Boise is really great and the mountains are nice to travel to, especially Sun Valley. If you are into outdoorsy things it'll be your kind of heaven LOL There are great ski/snowboarding runs in ID. I would suggest trying to NOT live on base. The town of Mt Home is a good 20 min drive from base and Boise is another 30-40 min on top of that, depending on where you are going. DH and I have decided that if we get stationed there again, we will bite the bullet and live in Boise. I need more that the BX and a Walmart to sustain me. Bc that is ALL that there is near base, a Walmart, 4 McDonalds, 8 bars, 10 Mexican restaurants, a Maurice's, and a couple Subways. And no, I am not making that up. Plus Boise has the Greenbelt which is awesome for biking and hiking. Oh and if you like wine, there are a couple of good wineries really close that you can tour. 

I can try to answer any other questions you might have, if you'd like? 

   holy *** babe, fancy seeing you here!!

tjenbell

Thanks, everyone! We do have to live on base, but from what I've seen, at least the housing looks nice. And yes, we have kids (a 4-year-old and a 16-year-old), but I guess old enough to enjoy a lot of Boise offerings. When I went with Outdoor Rec here at Malmstrom to the Snake River/Hell's Canyon rafting trip, we met up with Mountain Home's Outdoor Rec group. I was surprised how many people were on that trip considering how small the base was! We only had four patrons on our trip, whereas they has something like 20 or 25. I guess their Outdoor Rec program stays busy since there's not a lot to do.

Deblondie1

JessikaLeigh1:

Deblondie1:

tjenbell:

Looks like that is where we are going next. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from Malmstrom, but at least it's warmer. Good thing we like outdoor activities. Plus, I have heard Boise's cool and the housing on base is nice. Anyone else been there?

I was stationed there for 5.5 years. Boise is really great and the mountains are nice to travel to, especially Sun Valley. If you are into outdoorsy things it'll be your kind of heaven LOL There are great ski/snowboarding runs in ID. I would suggest trying to NOT live on base. The town of Mt Home is a good 20 min drive from base and Boise is another 30-40 min on top of that, depending on where you are going. DH and I have decided that if we get stationed there again, we will bite the bullet and live in Boise. I need more that the BX and a Walmart to sustain me. Bc that is ALL that there is near base, a Walmart, 4 McDonalds, 8 bars, 10 Mexican restaurants, a Maurice's, and a couple Subways. And no, I am not making that up. Plus Boise has the Greenbelt which is awesome for biking and hiking. Oh and if you like wine, there are a couple of good wineries really close that you can tour. 

I can try to answer any other questions you might have, if you'd like? 

   holy *** babe, fancy seeing you here!!

OMFG!! I was just thinking yesterday that you had to be on here somewhere!! LOL