Aug 8, 2020 - Ice and Lava

Good evening all. Today was a long day. We drove about 40 miles up the road to the Shoshone Ice Caves. Due to the numerous amount of stairs, Rob and I decided not to take the tour but Scott and Lori did. The Ice Cave is about 1,700 feet long, 50 feet wide and 45 feet in height. The ice block is about 1,000 feet long and varies from 8- 30 feet in depth. Temperatures vary from 23 to 33 degrees year round. They both really enjoyed the tour. Afterwards we headed a little over an hour North East to Carey, ID to visit the Craters of the Moon. It...

Aug 7, 2020 - Shoshone Falls

Today was a nice leisurely day. We slept in and hung around camp in the morning. In the afternoon we headed to the Perrine Bridge. It is a large truss arch bridge that crosses the snake river. It is the eight highest bridge in the Untied States sitting 486 above the snake river and measuring at 1,500 feet in length and a main span of 993 feet. To the East is the dirt ramp used by Evel Knievel’s failed jump. The bridge is also used for BASE jumpers. There were a few of them at the bridge but the wind did not allow them to jump but we did...

Aug 6, 2020 - We’re off

We left the house around 7:00am. We had a long day ahead of us. We drove about 460 miles. We had some strong winds, a little rain and some hills. We made it to camp around 3:50 PDT. We will be staying here in Jerome, ID for three nights. Tomorrow we will go to Shoshone falls. Let the fun begin. Good night for now.

Jun 21, 2020 - Island Park ID

The rain decided to continue into Wednesday but we had reservations at a campground about 2 hours further north near Island Park, Idaho so we left Fort Hall in moderate rain and some pretty stiff winds...so much for having the coach washed in Las Vegas. At least the wind was from the southwest so it was mostly a tailwind as we headed northish on U.S. 20 for about 2½ hours; a little longer than anticipated thanks to the weather and a fuel stop. Our campground just happens to be about 20 minutes west of a certain national park that occupies...

Jun 17, 2020 - Fort Hall ID

On Monday we took off to explore the area of Blackfoot and Idaho Falls, then we did a scenic drive northeast of there towards the Wyoming border and back home. In Blackfoot we visited what will long be remembered as one of the highlights of our entire RV travel time. We spent about an hour wandering in total awe and amazement at the Idaho Potato Museum https://idahopotatomuseum.com/. OK, while part of that may be a slight embellishment, we really were there about an hour. It was, as I’m sure you can imagine, a series of displays on the...

Jun 14, 2020 - Fort Hall ID

We haven’t been doing as much hiking as we normally do – hmm, I wonder why? - and thanks to that, I’m in the most shape of my life...not the best, just the most. So when the weather and our schedules allow we try to find somewhere to waddle around. On Sunday, Michele found 2 hikes for us to do in the beautiful, cool air around Williams and Flagstaff. Our first stop was along historic Route 66 east of Williams where we did the short hike to see the petroglyphs at the Keyhole Sinks. The just over 2 mile round trip trail was a little rocky in...

Apr 22, 2020 - We're Getting closer to home...

Up again at 0630 and underway at 0800. I guess we have fallen into a traveling routine. It was 30 degrees in Ely this morning, and as I took Miss Zoey out for her walk I must admit it was kinda refreshing! Spike even agreed with me. So today it is cold, sunny and clear out, and the scenery is all Mountains and plains. And just two lanes in front of us. This is not a busy road, so we mostly just see truckers and ranchers today. But the snow is pretty in the mountains. We stopped at the Loves truck stop in Wells, Nevada to top off our fuel....

Mar 23, 2020 - Boise ID

Heading to the Hi Valley RV park,a very nice place that we have stayed at in the past. It will be another long day and approximately 100 miles shorter than yesterdays run. After looking for cereal, eggs, potatos,onions,pancake mix and more,we finally struck gold here at Albertsons after a week of looking in empty stores down south.WOO HOO. Not knowing exactly what we are facing back home we bought over $100 worth of groceries today. But this has come at a high price because of the dive our Canadian dollar suffered this last week. I just...

Mar 23, 2020 - Jerome, ID

Ryan Smith had the work done on our rig in about 3 hours, doing it himself. He is a treasure!. We headed to Jerome/Twin Falls KOA. We used many KOA's as were guaranteed they were open during this pandemic and Dale could make reservations on line. How things have changed though. We had to call the park as we were arriving so someone could meet us in front of the office, show us to our site and hand out any park materials. No more going into the offices to keep contact at a minimum. Small, but nice park. Before going into the park, we once...

Mar 21, 2020 - Pocatello, ID

Traveled I-15 into Pocatello, ID. We came through Salt Lake City, still under construction on their freeways but could see no evidence of the 5.7 earthquake that hit that area about 5 days before. Still heavy traffic through this area and once again glad to be through there. Snow had been predicted on and off throughout our journey since Winslow, but we have had no trouble on the roadways. De-icer put down in several areas which has just created a royal mess on our rig and truck, but that's all we have to complain about. We are here for a...

Oct 14, 2019 - Pocatello, ID

I-80 to US 30 to I-15 into Ft. Hall, Idaho staying at Buffalo Meadows RV Park at Shoshone Bannock Casino. We had to have more warranty work done on our rig with Ryan Smith. Stayed here two nights. We met Jackie and Elden once again for dinner as they were staying in Pocatello on their way home.

Sep 21, 2019 - Last week in Idaho

Time is getting short here in Idaho. Great bike paths along the Boise River that we had fun cruising. Also biked to another special event at a local park with Julie and little Ori. He loved the bounce room and the slides. They visited our "tiny house on wheels" again and got to push all the fan buttons in the rig, then hit the pool to cool off. Had some great asian eats at Ling and Louie's Restaurant with friends Dave and Amy and saw the movie Downton Abbey. Last stop was the local Farmers Market to load up on goodies for the road. Next...