Lethbridge, Alberta to Idaho Falls, ID

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Today's drive was long and uneventful. We left Lethbridge at about 9 am and got into Idaho Fall, ID at about 7 pm. The drive was uneventful though we passed through some bad weather in southern Montana....from Butte to the Idaho boundary line. The temperature got up to 30C (86F) and when we went into the storm, the temperature dropped to 12C (about 54F) in the space of about 10 miles! The scenery went from the flat prairies of southern Alberta and northern Montana to the mountains and hills of southern Montana and Idaho. It was really beautiful! We saw many, many dead pine trees around Helena, MT and figure that the mountain pine beetle was the cause. It has destroyed so many beautiful trees. We stopped twice for gas and once to eat lunch so total driving time was around 8 hours. One of our longest days of driving on the trip. We have a nice hotel in Idaho Falls and went to a very good Mexican restaurant for dinner - can't wait until New Mexico for the REAL stuff!! Tomorrow we are heading west from here to Craters of the Moon National Monument, Sun Valley (to meet some good Second Life friends for lunch) and then on to my aunt Peggy and uncle Phil's place on the Snake River in Buhl, ID. Hope the weather is nice!!

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Photos

Butte in Montana (not the city!)
A butte in the middle of the prairie

Pine Beetle kill (we think)
Every hill we saw looked like this :(

Comments

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Great pictures of Idaho Falls and the impending storm. Keep "uploading!" ;)