Hey Roger. I'm sure there are plenty of rattlesnakes along parts of Idaho's Centennial Trail, especially those stretches in the Jarbidge-Bruneau country, along the Middle Fork of the Salmon and also along the Selway River.

Speaking of rattlers, I almost did a back flip away from one I saw along the Middle Fork of the Boise River near Sheep Creek many years ago. I walked up on a gopher snake in the Boise Foothills last night and almost freaked. They look just like rattlers, and sometimes, they act like them.

Anyway, back to the Centennial Trail. Anyone who has an interest in hiking, biking, horseback riding or riding a motorcycle or ATV on the Centennial Trail can check out the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation's new Web info on the trail.

The Idaho Centennial Trail is a 900-mile trail that winds the length of Idaho from Murphy Hot Springs on the Idaho-Nevada border to the Upper Priest River on the Idaho-British Columbia border. The trail was created by the Idaho Centennial Commission in 1990. I've hiked parts of it and it's a cool legacy for the state.

The trail Web site is http://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/recreation/idahocentennialtrail.aspx. You can also link to it from the Idaho Parks and Recreation Web site at: www.parksandrecreation.idaho.gov.

The site contains all kinds of information about the Centennial Trail, including a locator map, color photographs, detailed topographical maps of the trail's route statewide, notes on resupply points, trail access issues, contact information for various Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management district offices and more.

Leo Hennessy, state trail coordinator for Department of Parks and Recreation and the Idaho Centennial Trail, also has launched a blog on the Idaho Centennial Trail so people who are using the trail can post notes, photos or video about their trips, or trail managers from public agencies can post information about the trail. Anyone who has been traveling on the Centennial Trail is encouraged to use the blog to provide updates on trail conditions, difficult stream crossings, or whatever joys or difficulties they might encounter along the way.

To access the new blog, go to http://idahocentennialtrail.blogspot.com.

Also, check out Idaho Outdoors magazine's new recreation page for more outdoors news.