Blogs from Idaho, United States, North America
April 5th 2012
I tease myself too much sometimes. The holy grail of my USA journey was to somehow get to Montana State and see the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. 5 months earlier I had to turn back whilst in east Wyoming. This time around I was in Idaho and even closer but again I turned back reaching my final crest in the magnificent Craters of the Moon. Once there it was a gradual decline, hitting neutral in the car, crawling my way over the speed limit down the mountains toward the coast of California and my eventual, inevitable flight home. Idaho doesn’t get too much of a wrap in the states. Dominated by mountain landscape, there is one plain that’s an arc shape that goes along the south. The main city is the capital Boise. Which ... read more
A last minute change brings sweet reward in idyllic Idaho!
Published: January 16th 2012North America » United States » Idaho » McCall
January 15th 2012
Our taxi picked us up at 4.30am from our New York duplex to go to the airport and not surprisingly there was not a lot of enthusiasm amongst the troops for our twelve hours of travelling and two flights to get to Boise, Idaho. Idaho made it on to the itinerary largely due to a request from my Aunt to visit her and it also had the added bonus of a place to get a bit more skiing in before we reach our main skiing destination of Powder Mountain, Utah. None of us were too sure what we would find - but we were very pleasantly surprised. Boise is a low set city of about 300,000 people in a pretty sparsely populated state. In January the landscape is mostly brown, but it is not difficult to ... read more
October 5th 2011
We are in my hometown of Boise, Idaho. I had already gone over 700 miles on my seriously damaged rear sprocket with about 200 more to go before getting to the cycle salvage in Williams Lake, BC, when I got to Prince George again. It was cold dark and rainy when I got to PG, so I decided to dive into a motel and hot the road early in the morning in hopes to get my repairs done and make it all the way to Vancouver by evening. Just as I was pulling away from a stop light my clutch cable snapped! I walked to the McDonald's nearby where I asked a couple that was just finishing breakfast for a ride to the Kawasaki dealership on the edge of town. Surprised, and a little cautiously the ... read more
September 29th 2011
We reached Twin Falls, ID around 1830 tonight and it's beautiful!! Coming into town we drove over Twin Falls Canyon.. sooooooo breathtaking!! We didn't get to stop and take a pic because by the time we checked into the hotel, the sun had gone down already, but I will post a pic from the internet so you can see it's beauty. Tomorrow we are off to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah! We have to leave at 0400 so we can make it there before sunrise. I just KNOW that the pics of the flats are going to turn out amazing. BTW Greg says Hi everyone!! Gotta hit the hay cuz I am driving tomorrow.. Everyone on the road better watch out!! Grandma's COMING! ... read more
An RV Overnight at Massacre Rocks
Published: September 27th 2011North America » United States » Idaho
September 25th 2011
Massacre Rocks The day was clear, the sun was hot and no wind, a perfect day for our overnight trip to Massacre Rocks. The park is located about 35 miles from Pocatello and is part of the Idaho State Park System. The park offers day camping and boating and offers canoe and kayak rentals during the summer season. Many hiking trails and marked flora and fauna signs help you navigate your way. The Oregon Trail wagon ruts are also featured in the park. Made over one hundred years ago and you can still see the scaring left by the hundreds of wagon wheels. Void and barren of any vegetation, they can be viewed for miles and are a reminder of those who came before us. RV and trailer parking is also available on two levels and ... read more
The LONG drive to Twin Falls & Craters of the Moon
Published: September 7th 2011North America » United States » Idaho
September 1st 2011
This was a 9 hour journey which was through the Nevada desert, which seems to be where they build prisons perhaps because if anyone was to escape they would just die of heat and exhaustion long before they found any sort of a town! The truck stops were quite interesting and they were blasting out country music and everyone looked like a good ‘ole boy! While we were eating our lunch the tanoy kept announcing customer 41 your shower is ready in room 4 – now you don’t get that happening at Leicester Forest East! Anyway our long LONG day was made even longer by our over shoot of the motel which led to a little detour (of about 1 hour) around the farmlands of Idaho trying to find another motel. We were really off the ... read more
August 15th 2011
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
August 4th 2011
We arrived in Boise late afternoon yesterday - what a terrific city!! We have had a lot of fun and celebrated Jim's 36th birthday in style! We arrived a bit too early to check into the hotel, so we wandered down 8th street and discovered a section with restaurants, a fountain and shops. We wandered around and stopped into a Mexican place called The Matador for pre-dinner drinks. Jim had a cadillac margarita and a shot of Clase Azul - his favorite. I had a fresh Tamarind margarita with a cinnamon-sugar rim. It was so good and so unique. I had never had anything like it. A perfect way to start our celebration! Jim selected Prime Rib as his birthday dinner, so after we freshened up and got all our gear unloaded into the hotel room, ... read more
July 19th 2011
July 19 Spokane-Wallace-Missoula Tuesday morning we left for a continuation of our road trip. We picked up the 90 and headed East towards Missoula, MT stopping along the way at an old silver town of Wallace where we took a walk through the town. After an hour, we continued on our way arriving in Missoula by 4 PM. We stayed at a brand new Holliday Inn Express. It was beautiful and well designed. ... read more
Road trip 2011 Idaho, Montana, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon
Published: July 21st 2011North America » United States » Idaho » Coeur D'alene
July 17th 2011
July 15 We left Eagle, ID around 11 AM after the movers came to pick up the furnishings that we are taking to the desert. After a quick stop at Jeff & Lyndi's to say goodby to all, we were on the road. They will be very busy the next few days moving into our house. Being that it was Friday, we decided to take the longer route via Oregon on the 84. The alternative was taking the 55 through McCall but since that is a two lane road and there would be many campers and boats we choose the highway instead. It is about a 6 1/2 hour trip to Coeur D'Alene. Luckily they are on Pacific time so we were able to gain an hour to compensate for our late start. The trip through ... read more
