Idaho Vacation So Fun

Destination? Cataldo Id to visit my sister Emily at the Northern tip of Idaho 100 miles from Canada and Southern Idaho (Boise) to visit Glenn's sister Lynn. 1700 miles round trip. Who is going? Just me and Glenn and Martha the GPS. Who Is driving? Only Glenn. Why because I am afraid to drive that rig it is huge. The camper is 11 ft 4 in on a long bed truck. So we left our home in Utah on June 20th in the morning leaving our animals in the capable hands of a good friend and her two boys. Two dogs, 4 chickens, 1 cat, 1 horse.


We are in Idaho falls, with the Temple in the back ground.

This is a video of the Hydro Electric System. They use the Snake River to generate power for thousand of homes and businesses. The residents took a vote and decided to pay for this over a period of time.
Here we are infront of the falls and temple.

Snake River
This is a restaurant on the Snake River called the Sand Piper, it was cold but they had outdoor fire pits so we ate outside.
First night stay, we found this Lake and saw other campers so we decided to camp there also. This is at Clark's Reservoir in Montana. (Lewis and Clark)
Dusk it was just beautiful
This is at the reservoir at a look out. There is a placard that talks about Lewis and Clark and the Indians. There are some drawings by Clark showing this Island and him talking to Indians down below it. This was a valley and that was a mountain.
We stayed the second night in Missoula Montana. It rained all night. Loved it.
This is in Montana "A River Runs Through It"
Montana Rest Stop. These Chipmunks came right up to us. There were lots of them running around, they would come up to you and beg and if you had no food they would scamper off to the next person.
We are now at Emily's in Cataldo, Id. They live in the middle of a forest over looking Rose Lake. We spent two nights there. We are at a park in Coeur d'Alene. It was Beautiful. It was nice and warm at first then it started to cool way down. That is the resort in the background. They had sea plane rides and para sailing.
Emily, MaryLou and Holly. I just love the walk away pictures.
Picture of all the kids. Conner, MaryLou, Gavin, Holly, Liam.
Emily and Gavin.
So we have left Emilys and are heading to Lynn's. This is a rest stop in Washington. This is a stage coach and horses made out of horse shoes it was for sale. I would have bought it but where would I put it. How would I get it home. Darn
This is a house(Mansion) nestled at the banks of the Columbia River going into Oregon.
Very hungry so we stopped at a Oregon rest stop and had a barbaque. Can you tell what we ate?
Ok so we come to a campsite in Oregon and it was like I never left home these 4 chickens were at our site. They stayed by us and followed us. I guess they were abandoned. Roosting time was funny. They had a hard time finding a place and kept falling out of the tree's I even made them a roost but they found one on their own and settled for the night.
Here we are at camp chicken about to go to bed. First we had to let the campfire die.
This is the campfire that we are trying to get to die and I was telling Glenn that the log has a face of the Grinch. Look at it, it does.
We made it to Lynns in Nampa Id. We treated her to dinner and a movie. It was fun to spend time with her and for me to get to know her better.We also got to visit with Sara our Niece at her work. We spent the night at Lynn's house.
One of our last stops Glenn's Ferry at the Snake River, Id. Part of the Oregon trail to get settlers across the river. The ferry is in a museum now and they have a big celebration every August. They used to do actual re-enactments but one of the locals told us that the city council said no more because of safety reasons. We also stopped at a Idaho Winery in the same town. Didn't know Idaho had Winery's.

We got home on Sunday, June 28th about 2pm. It was a great time.