Blogs from Caldwell, Idaho, United States, North America

We left Puyallup this morning around 10:30am PST. the scenery was a little dull through the first part of Oregon. Then, as we ascended up into the mountains, it vastly improved. We did not stop anywhere except to get gas. I drove today for about 189 miles, which was a huge blessing because it was in a very mountainous & curvy area....no motion sickness! YAY...I must confess that I was secretly wishing that Larry would get sick so he would have som empathy for all the suffering I did ! LOL sshhh We saw several areas where fires had gone through and burned a lot of vegetation. As we watch the news tonight, we see that Idaho has had a lot of burning through out the day. We arrived in Caldwell, Idaho this evening around 9:20pm, ... read more

Friday July 2nd Daily Information High temp73 Low temp: 56 Campground Elevation: 2168 above sea level Highest Elevation: 4,164 above sea level Lowest Elevation: 2,168 above sea level Traveled 219 miles Departed 9:45 MDT Weather wonderful, cool today, low humidity. Highlights What a view to wake up to, mountains in the distance and the Snake River a few feet away More Wind Turbine Mills Followed the Snake River and the Oregon Trail to our next campsite Boise, ID at 12:55 MDT Incredible Headwind really did MPG in, 13 yesterday and 8.5 today (30 gusts to 40) Arrived at Neat Retreat 1:55 MDT Grilled ham red beans and rice and applesauce hummmmm Beautiful Park again lots of trees Tomorrow we cross the Snake River again to Oregon and PDT ... read more