Blogs from Boise, Idaho, United States, North America - page 4

We are leaving on Thursday for Nevada! About time if you ask me. This being my first time to blog, ever, I will get some pictures for you to look at for fun, just so I know how to post them. I don't want to have to figure all this out as I am traveling. Later, Heidi ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am excited to go on Vacation! Instead of Europe this year, I'm going cross country on a Road Trip with Heidi and the kids. We are off to see things we have never seen before, and the best part is getting to see the LDS Church Sites. Keep You Posted, Pam... read more

Today is the first day of our 2-week 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 license plates we have seen already-- 8 different states (including Georgia!) before we even reached I-90!! Upon arriving in Boise, we currently have found 27 states, including Maine, Florida, and Hawaii! Because of the time zone change, that we weren't really taking into consideration, we didn't arrive at our hotel until 8pm. So, we haven't done much in Boise, except ... read more

5:30 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 einen europaeischen Magen gewoehnungs beduerftig. Ruehrei, Gravy (dicke, weisse Mehlsauce) mit Hackfleischbaellchen und Breakfast Burritos ....... Um 7 Uhr fahren wir los. Raus aus Idaho! Aber auch ueber der Grenze sieht es nicht aus wie erwartet. Das Stueck von Oregon, welches ich schon gesehen habe, war gruen und recht gut bevoelkert. Hier ist alles Steppe, kein Mensch, kein Haus und fast keine Kuh. In Baker City, einem netten alten Goldgraeberdorf machen ... read more

We left Beaver, Utah and got on the road for the final stretch (for Beth and me, anyway). The weather was gloriously cool all the way to Salt Lake City. We stopped in Sandy at the local Costco, gassed up, snagged some of their roast chicken for lunch, which we had right there in the parking lot and then got on the highway. Tangent here: Costco has the best roast chicken! The chickens are always big, plump, and juicy. They are only $4.99 to boot! Beth and I can eat on one of their chickens for at least three meals - a screaming deal!! There is not much to report on this stretch as I have driven it quite a few times in my life. I would have liked to have stopped in Rupert to visit ... read more

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 storms. And camels. I drove slowly into the town of Mountain Home. It was utterly flat. I could still see the mountains I’d driven through an hour before, but they were spectral in the haze ... read more