Mountain Home AFB

Author Message   Charles Garris Member Username: Cgas2 Post Number: 18 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 68.228.17.24 Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 12:30 pm:    passed thru mountain home a few months (2) ago.Qts.were in a new bulding.nice, but no elevators.think the bulding was 3 stories high.walking distance to food and gym.room in the fifty dollar range.this base is out by itself appx.12 miles from town...   Tony Cabrera Senior Member Username: Tonyc Post Number: 1494 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 64.237.198.25 Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010 - 05:14 pm:    I love the area; Wyoming, the Dakota's, Montana, Idaho, etc....nice country! Happy travels!   I. Haynes New member Username: Norsseman Post Number: 5 Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 64.136.27.227 Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 07:50 pm:    We stayed at Mountain Home afb in 2002 and were lodged in a very old, musty building, and I think our room hadn't been used in about a year or two. The rest of the base was good.   Mervin J LeBlanc Senior Member Username: Merv Post Number: 401 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 74.248.105.155 Posted on Monday, August 10, 2009 - 04:54 pm:    Hobart - I too have stayed at Elsworth AFB near Rapid City, SD - kinda out of the way place as well, but I enjoyed the lodging. I have been to Offutt a couple of times, but was unable to secure lodging either time. There is always Camp Ashland National Guard Base right on the Platte River about 25 miles west of Offutt.   Hobart Rogers Member Username: Bartman Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 76.111.153.184 Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 09:44 pm:    The other 2 places I stayed were Offutt AFB Nebraska and Elsworth AFB South Dakota. Both were very good accommodations and I have nothing negative to say about either. I just felt that Mountain Home was just a little better but I would stay at either of the 3 again if given the chance. Stayed at commercial motels also during the trip and none of them compared with the 3 bases. I am appreciative of the perk that allows us retirees to stay at such fine facilities at a more than reasonable cost.   Mervin J LeBlanc Senior Member Username: Merv Post Number: 398 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 74.248.105.155 Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 06:22 pm:    Hobart - Looking at the map, you are right, looks like it's in the middle of no-where, but I've always told myself, if I am ever going north on I-84, I will make it my business to try and stay at Mountain Home AFB. I like the wilderness and out of the way places to visit. I too, like John, would like to know about the other two bases you stayed at, good or bad. There is also a small National Guard Facility at Gowen Field near Boise, ID, I wonder if anyone has stayed there.   John R Garrison Senior Member Username: Majorg Post Number: 1796 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 208.81.157.86 Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 02:13 pm:    Hobart: Thanks for taking the time to write up your stay at Mountain Home. You said: "Won't mention the other 2 although they were good..." Please write up the other two...all info, good, bad or indifferent is helpful for the rest of us who may be traveling that way. Of course, if you meant that you would be writing them up later in individual threads (just not this thread), then please forgive my intrusion. Happy travels, John   Hobart Rogers Member Username: Bartman Post Number: 8 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 76.111.153.184 Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 12:52 am:    Just got back from a cross country trip and stayed at 3 different bases going and coming. Won't mention the other 2 although they were good but Mountain Home was outstanding. Getting to the base seemed like we were traveling to no man's land but once you get there the accommodations were exceptional and the staff were extremely friendly. I would highly recommend to anyone who expects to be in the area.