http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Idaho en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:52:22 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:52:22 +0000 By melisseLast weekend a large lump swelled above the plain of the flat sandy expanse of Kehoe Beach along Point Reyes National Seashore. Large black vultures lined the lumprsquos surface eventually flying off as we neared. Much larger than a dead seal and piled like a large mass of old carpet we circled the mysterious object trying to figure out what it was It looked like some sort of de http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Marin/blog-452039.html My brother John had a near brush with death. In mid September unbeknownst to him Strep B bacteria began taking over his body rendering him feverish weak and at times delirious. He checked himself into the emergency room but was sent home with ldquothe flurdquo. About a week later still with fever he blanked out and drove his car down a 200 foot embankment. This event made the front pa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-451423.html Today we drove out around 9am. We had to stop by my storage unit and load all the rest of the itmes. First on the way to the storage unit I had to take the big truck down a orange cone course. Only took out one....not bad. The truck has no power. Dad called me from the truck behind me and told me to press the gas...hahaha...yea like I wasn't doing that. Literally I was going 25 over the mo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Coeur-d-Alene/blog-440128.html Thursday September 24 2009We knew we did not want to spend another sweltering day near Grangeville so we departed on a hope and a hunch after checking forecast for Winchester Idaho.We tarried long enough at our Grangeville RV park to enjoy trail cakes for breakfast. Last night I logged onto the lsquonet weather feature and looked for cooler clime. After our sumptuous breakfast we hitched http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-439993.html Saturday August 30Deb Mikes weddingThe sky cleared and the sun came out for the late afternoon wedding. Deb was a glowing bride and Mike a handsome groom. They exchanged their vows on the side lawn with family and friends in attendance. Following the touching and sometimes funny ceremony we moved to the opposite side lawn and enjoyed a wonderful buffet a great selection of beer and wine and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Coeur-d-Alene/blog-439493.html FridayAugust 28We left Wanatchee and continued our drive across Washington. That afternoon we stopped at the Spokane Airport to pick up Maxanne and Billy. Then we drove on to the Roosevelt Inn in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. The Inn is the site of Deb and Mikes wedding and is filling up with family members. The city of Coeur drsquoAlene a city of 40000 residents sits in the center of the Idaho Panhand http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Coeur-d-Alene/blog-439475.html Wednesday September 23 2009Well this morning we departed from our original game plan and instead of traveling through a familiar route in Oregon we drive north on Idaho Hwy 95 through some spectacular but challenging country with Uncle Joe in tow.I canrsquot remember the times we had to chug up mountains in ldquotow moderdquo at 30 mph with the flashers winking at traffic coming up on us http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-439249.html Trials of camper traveling and Yellowstone continued...When camper traveling there are always problems that come up. This year has not been as bad as when our transmission went out in Texarkana on New Year's weekend. Our biggest concern although Ron says not to worry is the camper overheating on long grades. Ron has figured out ways to overcome the problem one of which is to turn the heater on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Boise/blog-438938.html They are called Chadcations.I am becoming notorious for cramming a lot into vacations. During my formative traveling years my goal is exploration. See as much as I can and jot down the places that I want to devote more time to in future trips. The best way to do that in my mind is to take road trips. Road trips as I see them are as much about the land you pass by as the land or water http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-438671.html Today is the first day of our 2week road trip. Our first stop is Boise Idaho. It took about 8 hours to get here. However that was 8 hours of travelling through a bunch of hilly brown landscape. It was a bit of a boring drive but we played the State License Plate Game and the Number Sign Game which occupied our time for most of the trip. We were pleasantly surprised with how many state l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Boise/blog-438360.html Today started in Victor ID. I left Whitefish Friday and drove to Victor to run in the Horseshoe Canyon 10k trail race this morning. I love the Teton Valley. It is so impressive to see the HUGE peaks of the Teton range just shooting up from the valley floor. I camped in Victor for the night and had the chance to watch a storm blow off the western slopes of the mountains. It was a gorgeous sigh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-438073.html Coeur d'Alene Farragut State Park Sandpoint and Smith's LakeSat. Sept 5Mon Sept 7 Heyburn State Park was totally booked out for the remainder of the Labor Day Weekend so on Thursdasy morning we checked the map and found a park further north which had a huge number of campsites called up the office and just managed to get the next to the last site for Saturday and Sunday.Whenever I'd asked http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Coeur-d-Alene/blog-437959.html Heyburn State Park near St. Marie IdahoWed Sept 2Fri Sept 4 As we pulled out of Hells Gate Sate Park we stopped at the Visitor Center and saw some wonderful wildlife exhibits and a 20 minute video of the travels through Idaho of Lewis and Clark assisted by the young Indian woman Sacajawea. How on earth they persevered is just amazing to me up over Lolo Pass and on and on.For those of you un http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Coeur-d-Alene/blog-437442.html Wersquove seen many of the ldquobadlandrdquo areas of the western US but what we found in central Idaho is like nothing we have ever seen. The Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco ID contains over 1100 square miles of protected area mostly lava fields resulting from volcanic activity from as far back as 15000 years age and as recent as 2000 years ago. The resu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Craters-Of-The-Moon-National-Monument/blog-432685.html The manager of our park asked us if we would like to spend a few days up at Harriman State Park helping them finish up the remodeling of their lodge. The park is about 150 miles northeast of Massacre Rocks near West Yellowstone Montana. Well we are game for anything new so off we went. The Harrimans were a very wealthy and influential eastern family. Averill Harriman was governor of New Yo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-430831.html Near the end of the last ice age about 14500 years ago most of what is now Utah and parts of Nevada were covered by Lake Bonneville. In what was the second largest flood in the geological history of the world the lake was drained through a breach in the natural dam at Red Rock Pass flowing down the channel of the Snake River. The flood lasted several months and the water flow at its peak http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-430292.html English version on the bottomLiebe FreundeWir sind Kanada schon wieder sehr nahe wir sind in Sandpoint Idaho. Seit dem letzten Eintrag sind wir quer durch Montana und Idaho gereist und haben viele kleine Sachen erlebt und mit allerlei lieben Leuten gesprochen. In einem winzigen Drflein namens Jackson nicht zu verwechseln mit Jackson Hole trafen wir in einer alten Dorfbeiz einen Farmer aus D http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Sandpoint/blog-427671.html Well we left our happy placeMontana and made our way into Idaho and through the Craters of the Moon Nat'l Monument.Wow Boise and Meridian and Nampa have grown since we were here a few years ago Wazoo Speaking of Wazoo we went to Wahooz Family Fun Center and Roaring Springs Water Park today as well as a funny dinner at Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine where trailer trash food is served http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Boise/blog-427517.html 530 Uhr der Wecker klingelt. Habe ich schlecht geschlafen. Um 2 Uhr nachts haben sie neben dem Hotel an ihrer Nachtbaustelle gearbeitet. Egal heute wollen wir frueh aufbrechen unsere 6 Stunden Fahrt runterbrechen damit wir endlich mal wieder was vom Tag haben. Die letzten 3 Tage haben wir praktisch nur im Auto verbracht.Das Fruehstueck in unserem sonst recht netten Hotel ist na ja fuer eine http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Boise/blog-425545.html Als ich aufwache ist Antje schon losgelaufen. Beim Anziehen faellt mir auf dass das eingetroffen ist was ich am Abend zuvor befuerchtet hatte es ist wieder eine Maus in der Falle. Ich haette lieber eine Maus im Schlafzimmer gehabt als nachts von einem Klicken wach zu werden. Und ich bin davon wachgeworden dachte nur im Halbschlaf zum Glueck nicht an DAS .....Als ich loslaufe stelle ich schne http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/blog-425544.html