My wife Karen aka,K2 is from New England and although she has traveled a fair amount out west she had never been to Yosemite which is one of my stomping grounds from my well spent youth.
If anyone gets the opportunity to raft the Snake river through the many canyons in Idaho, DO IT! A memory you will not forget. Or hike in the Gospel Hump Wilderness.
We saw many people along the Salmon River with fly rods. saw a few caught. Another interesting fact, there were still functioning gold mines in the area.