In Idaho, the Mythical Land of my birth, there is a place called Mountain Home, which has a nearby Air Force base. The Air Force sent us elsewhere soon after my birth, so I never got to know the town or the base. For some strange reason, I thought Mountain Home might be in the mountains. “Nope--desert.”” said my sister, who is older and has some memories of the place, including a youthful escape attempt across the burning sands. So, I revised my ideas of the place: it became a vast American Sahara in my mind, with white sands and terrible [View Full Entry]

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It is dangerous and probably foolhardy to start making generalizations about an unfamiliar place in which you have spent approximately 50 hours. But here I go anyway. Idaho is beautiful, which surprises me. The mountains of the south central are beautiful, as are the semi-desert flatlands around Grandview. And Boise is beautiful, lush and green with trees and a river running through it. I drove to see the purported best view of the town, from Table Rock, northeast of the city. On this sunny 78-degree Sunday, a few other people had the same idea. We came by car, van, bike, and [View Full Entry]

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We began the morning in Gardiner, Montana, woke up early, and drove into Yellowstone. The park is definitely much, much bigger than I thought - it took us over an hour to get to Old Faithful. Of course, it is nowhere near ready to burst when we arrive, so we walked around it a little bit and saw many small bubbling pools. The water was not only crystal clear and beautifully tinted, but the heat coming out of them was enough to warm me even though I was a few feet away and the wind was blowing extremely strongly. Their one [View Full Entry]

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We arose early, in excited anticipation of getting home to our wives and families. If a teleporting device was available, we would make use of it with cost being no object (we would have to purchase lithium crystals). But there isn't. We had a walk-a-bout in moab and were able to leave in the early afternoon. Lively debates ensued as to the route home, but we heard there was some possibility of rain, so chose the more westerly route that would direct us away from the higher mountain passes. After a few hours, we stopped in the blistering sunshine to partake [View Full Entry]

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Hey there, We are now in cascade, idaho but it started a few days ago car b got to kelowna friday night late, had a few beers with buddy dan and made very intricate plans to ride saturday morning. Saturday morning comes, and we aren't moving very quickly due to the few beers we had friday night, so......breakfast it is. car b has a great ride with buddy dan though, concluding with sheer drops off a rock face that none of us would had attempted had it not been for the trail ahead being slightly obscure.....due to the few beers we [View Full Entry]

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Hi all. We made it to Boise Idaho today; not a very long drive, about 3.5 hours but we did stop at the Snake River and took some pictures and enjoyed one of the stops along the Oregon trail. Weather has been in the mid 80s everyday which makes for great driving. Included are some pictures of our travels so far. Love to all. The Perrys [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we went on a tour of the Filer area. The Hooleys are great tour guides, I must admit. We went and hiked around a local rock formation. Next we saw a local alligator and fish farm. The alligators were huge! I believe they grow them until they are pretty large, then sell the meat at a local restaurant. We also visited a local spring and fish hatchery. We were able to walk around and see all the different sizes of fish. They even had a viewing window in one of the ponds where there were salmon, trout, and sturgeon. The [View Full Entry]

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Today started out as another cold day of riding, nothing new though looking at the trend this last week. I did not hit any rain today, which was a nice change. The scenery was very nice today, especially around the Salt Lake City area. Going up toward Idaho things get a little more sparse and barren, but it is still a decent drive. It was nearly all interstate today, as I needed to make some good time. I wasn’t able to get a hold of Dale to see if they would be around tonight, so I called Andy Hooley and he [View Full Entry]

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The day in Pendleton dawned bright and sunny andthe Super 8 motel had a hearty breakfast waiting for us.We met a woman who had cruised into Tauranga last October and then talked with a woman from Denver about wonderful NZ was.Makes you feel very proud to be a Kiwi so far from home in Eastern Oregon!!! First stop for the day was an Indian reservation down the road on I 84.The Indians have got it right running the casionos and making their money work for them.There was an interesting museum and for an hour learnt about their history from before the [View Full Entry]

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