This morning we began our journey at the Pocatello Ramada. Not the finest of places and the shower head was broken and got more water on the floor than my head but it was clean and the beds were nice. I also raided an unattended maids cart on my way out and stocked up on shampoo, conditioners and lotion. Hey, on the trail nothing can be left behind!
Our first stop was at America Falls where the sign below was posted at your school. I loved it and give kudos to the school for posting it! Simply because it's a hilarious sign! We saw the falls, which I imagine we're amazing during the pioneer crossing. Next, we stopped at an interpretive exhibit with wagon ruts and a lovely view of the snake river. I have seen many wagon ruts so far and they never cease to amaze me. They must have been so deep that they almost were higher than this wagons! The wildflowers were very pretty here too and made the hills look yellow.
Next we attempted to see the second parting of the ways. The trail guide gave directions, which we attempted to follow but 4 miles down a back road and through a herd of cattle, we were supposed to turn left. There was no road. Not only that but there was no turns for as far as we could see. So, we tried an earlier left turn. This resulted in lots of confusion, heading down tiny dirt roads and we may have ended up in the middle of a farmer's field. We tried looking on maps, each one of us read the directions to see if we missed something, but no! We all read the same thing. We tried again to no avail and drove through the cow herd standing on the road about 4 times. Finally, Roy found a promising road and we decided we'd try one more time. It was not so much about the trail siting anymore as it was the challenge of finding the stupid thing! Finally we found the correct road! 4 miles away from where it told us to turn! The site was not that great and required an 8 mile hike to the actual site... no thank you! So we continued on, satisfied that the trail had not outsmarted us.
Then we reached massacre rock, named for the many attacks and battles here between the native American tribes and settlers. The coolest part: dressing up in period clothing! So much fun but those dresses are hot and hard to move in! Thank God for jeans! The park is very lovely and filled with sagebrush which I love the smell of!
We continued on and saw a cool recreation of a town that I forget the name of. We drove through twin falls and saw the new Chobani factory there! We then saw 1,000 springs. This was amazing and sad because it used to be so much bigger before the water supply was diverted or cut off. On the side of a bluff and thousands of small waterfalls that shoot right out from the middle if the bluff and fall to the river. They look like the bluff is crying from a thousand eyes! It was very pretty.
After a few more sites we continued to Boise. This town is officially my favorite larger town we have driven through so far. It has so many trees and green areas that you feel like your in a small town but it has so much happening. It was beautiful but the highlight was the Boise fry company. See the picture below of the menu.They make French fries, and everything else is a side. You begin by choosing your potato type and how you want it cut (homestyle, shoestring, regular, etc.) Then you chose from about 10 different sauces and 10 different flavored salts. Here are my favorite combos:
- Homestyle yam fry with vanilla salt and blueberry ketchup
- curly yellow fry with sour Chinese sauce and 5 spice salt
- standard idaho fry with spicy ketchup and vinegar salt
Basically, this place was heaven. We are currently at Roy's house in Boise enjoying a game of Cards Against Humanity. Tomorrow begins a new day on the trail! My thumb is almost healed and were three quarters of the way through! Oregon, here we come!
Love Pioneer Hannah!
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