Snagged in Idaho

We've been in Kooskia/Kamiah area now going on two weeks now, we've been taken by the people mostly but the scenery here is equally attractive.  We were staying in the park in Kooskia (pronounced koo-ski) and were invited to stay at the house of the lady that runs the health food store in town, when we showed up late however, we missed her and sat on the table and chairs in front of the store and relaxed a bit, I noticed some guy in a pick up watching us from across the street, I thought maybe he was just curious but he stared so intently I began to wonder if he wasn't a wierdie, finally his wife made it out of the store they talked awhile and got around to venturing over to us, conversation was very much to the point, "Hi , I'm Todd" says the wierdie, "I'm Ingar" says the wierdie's chipper and sweet wife.  "Do you guys want to come stay at our place?" they ask, "Sure" we say, so we head where they tell us, we meet Todd at the fish hatchery and he comes down with his trailer as it is getting dark and stormy and their house is up a 5 mile 12% hill.  We load the bikes and just as we hop on the trailer it starts dumping on us, we got there, unloaded our bikes and they showed us to their guest quarters above their garage, we settled in there and went inside to visit, we had a great time talking with them and find out they know alot of the folks we know, not only from the west coast but also from the east, amazingly small world, Todd and Ingar have 5 children and live with their aged parents in a small commmunity there, they just stuck a cluster of houses together and a shop and were shocked to find out that this is perfectly legal, we are stoked, we didn't know there was anywhere in this country you could do that.  Through our conversations we got to talking how Ryan planned on getting some work in Missoula MT to help fund the trip, Todd makes a few phone calls and says Ryan should just stay here he has several people around that need some contracting work done,were kind of undecided and we figured out the only reason we picked Missoula to stop and work at is because it is so gorgeous and got to thinking that this place is every bit as stunning and the more time we spend with these folks the more we adore them.  Todd later admits to staring at us from across the street and says he battled in his mind whether to bring home these hippies, I told him it's O.K., I thought you were a pervert.  We stayed with them a week, incredible people, Ingar's parents live below, they are in their late 90's and her Dad is almost totally blind but is out there everyday chopping wood, using a chainsaw, moving gravel, painting his car, they had to stop him one day, he was talking about renting a bulldozer and they live on a sheer hillside!! What's even more incredible is that the parents care for two mentally impaired children in their sixties and show no signs of slowing down.  We've since moved over to Kamiah, about 7 miles away and have a cute little 700 square ft. place in town, Ryan has been getting work and we both love this area and the folks here, I've never been to a place where everyone is so nice.  The folks whose house were staying in, the Manley family, has bent over backwards to make us feel at home here, we love them so much already and everybody wants us to move here, We are serious about settling down here, this place is amazing, I had to get over my stigma of Idaho has a hub for skinheads and militiamen, too many movies a guess, My Private Idaho missed me up, after alot of prodding I find out that there are pockets up north but there are pockets of extremists everywhere, nothing to get freaked out about.  Building codes are relaxed here and land is affordable, we are praying we'll find a place around here. In the meantime, we ride bikes around, go swimming, all that good stuff, this place is awesome, if you don't believe me, come check it out.