Blogs from Idaho, United States, North America - page 6

blog 09-06-17 Two days together I am trying to catch up so you all know where we are and that we are safe from all the fires. The decision had been made several days ago not to go to Glacier because of the fires and the very bad air quality. How can you enjoy yourself in all that smoke and that is what this trip is about, enjoying ourselves. I am sorry Ginnie has to miss Glacier this trip but it gives her a reason to come back. We spent an extra day in Gardner and caught up on laundry and we even cleaned the camper. There was so much dirt and dust inside we didn't recognize the place when we finished. The next day we went to Deer Lodge, MT and stayed at a KOA ... read more

Maandag 21 augustus 2017 We slapen in een plaats die zo dicht mogelijk bij de centrale lijn van de zonsverduistering ligt. Ik had vorig jaar oktober al twee kamers gereserveerd, nadat bleek dat alles in de beste zone (in de buurt van Madras, Oregon) allang was uitverkocht. Nu hebben we een motel in Meridian, Idaho, op zo'n zeventig minuten rijden van de beoogde locatie Lime, Oregon, dat niet veel meer blijkt te zijn dan een vervallen fabriek bij een afrit van de snelweg. We zullen vroeg moeten vertrekken om een eventuele verkeerschaos voor te zijn. Alle TV zenders waarschuwen hiervoor. Ze zijn hier nou eenmaal goed in het bang maken van mensen. Ik ben om drie uur 's nachts al wakker, en kan het niet laten om Google Maps te raadplegen. Wat?! Alles rood in de ... read more

We left the hotel this morning at 8:22 and 70 degrees and headed out on another scenic ride. And what a ride it was. I begin by apologizing that my camera just does not do justice to what we saw today. We, as people, see everything in a 180 degree landscape and the camera only catches a small portion of that. In addition, there was a lot of smoke in the air again today. But I will say, that the first 4-5 hours of this drive are what I would characterize as eye-popping scenery. In fact, my “driver” was reduced to a one-word vocabulary all morning…”WOW”. I heard that over and over again. Later in the day, he expanded his vocabulary to “look at this”. And I heard that one again and again. So, I hope ... read more

Today was another moving day. We left Winter Park at 6:55 AM and 39 chilling degrees and headed for Idaho. We wore shorts today, believe it or not, because the temperature in Pocatello, ID was going to be 81 degrees. Thanks to my seat warmer, I was kept toasty warm all morning. The first leg of our trip took us west and then north and after half an hour, we were in the Arapaho National Forest and then the Routt National Forest. This was really what you might think of, when you think forest. The road took us through narrow alleys lined with Aspen, all standing tall, side-by-side, perfectly straight, with their picturesque white bark and delicate leaves fluttering in the breeze. For 120 miles, we saw fewer than a dozen cars and it occurred to ... read more

HALALAHOTSOOS AND THE SPACE ALIENS When Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery stumbled out of the wilderness in the fall of 1805 they were on mighty wobbly pins. The fellow who found them was a Nez Perce Chief named Twisted Hair. He brought those starving creatures to his camp on the Clearwater River in Idaho, and fed them up. As they rested from their privations they began to tell through sign language the story of their journey. Twisted Hair had a young son named Halalahotsoos who sat in wonderment as the story unfolded. He knew those strange creatures were not from anywhere around his country and they must have strong medicine to have made it this far. No Nez Perce had ever seen white men before. Surely they must have dropped into their midst ... read more