Reveling in radiant on 'Golden pond'

摘要

Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda they're not. But for Wendy and Tim Brockish, this tranquil, southeastern Idaho setting is the backdrop for an "On Golden Pond" movie if there ever was one. Their elegantly rustic home is near the joining of two creeks, forming a "slough" visited year-round by wildlife, including mule deer, coyote, trumpeter swans, eagles, beaver and an occasional moose. But the couple's back-to-nature homestead had one key flaw. There in Rexburg, in the Snake River plain just to the west of the Rocky Mountains, Mother Nature takes off the kid gloves during the long winter season, generously doling out heavy snowfalls and brutally cold temperatures. It's enough to send newcomers to the area packing hastily for the next flight to Miami.