My husband and I traveled to the town of Orofino, for my brothers wedding back in August 1997.  As we made our way up Hwy 12, we saw the Clearwater River and were amazed at the beauty of it. While visiting here, we were able to take in all the surrounding areas, meet the local people, and knew we wanted to call this home.

In 2002 we finally, took a leap of faith, and left our jobs behind in Oregon and decided that we wanted to get back to the sm...