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course, do some shopping. But the real draw       coaches, carts and even a 20-Mule Team
            is the great outdoors.                            pulling historic wagons, the grand finale. This
                                                              popular event recalls the town’s founding dur-
                              Fall Colors                     ing the mining era and hails as one of the big-
                                                              gest non-motorized parades in the US.
              As the leaves on the aspen and cottonwood
                                                                “Trailing of the Sheep” celebration:
            trees turn vibrant red, yellow, and orange, re-
            visit the Wild West, and celebrate Labor Day        Since the 1800s, sheep migrate each spring
            Weekend at Ketchum’s Wagon Days. During           from the southern plains to the Wood River
            this festive weekend, enjoy the “Big Hitch Pa-    Valley’s mountain pastures. In October, the
            rade” highlighting vintage carriages, stage-      “Trailing of the Sheep” marks the sheep herds’


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