Canyon Pines RV Resort Riggins

... tire.. and Finally two damn hours later we're on our way to Idaho. The car made it.
We had to stop and fill it up a bit every two hours or so but she made it!
So what felt like a billion hours later we arrived at the Moore Ranch in Wieppe, Idaho. Upon arrival
we were greeted by Shane's mom Sandy, his dad Jerry, 3 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 dozen "brownies".
Let's just put it this way, the brownies were so good you could only eat half. Get it ...

... about 135-140°. A cold day made for a nice soak in the springs. There were red spider mites, but weren't too bad unless you leaned against the edges of the pool.

The ford of the river was freezing (particularly so on the way back, near dusk). We saw a porcupine in the snowy road on the way back towards the highway to Lowman.

... heard good and bad about accessibility on cruises from some of our friends in The Handicapped Travel Club. I am sure we will have comments one way or the other.

... middle of nowhere, near Kendrick, ID to be specific. A nice guy named Jim, pulled over and helped us for about an hour try to cool the van down. Luckily we had lots of water with us. So, after that great fun, we had to start back tracking down to Lewiston Id, again. It was about 9PM last night and we pulled in to, I guess, an RV park. There was 5 concrete ...

... of hours riding through river valleys and climbing canyon walls to end up on a huge prairie that went on forever. We even stopped in a place called Cottonwood to take a picture of the B & B which was built in the shape of a large beagle. After leaving the dog we were headed down a massive incline, at least 10 miles into Hell's Canyon.

We continued on through the canyon into White Bird, following the Salmon River with people white rafting in the river ...

... of the lakes that surround the Seven Devils. I visited six lakes on an 11-mile hike. The views were gorgeous. Some of the lakes were blue, others were green, and each lake had a unique view of the mountain range. I stayed one more night before getting out of the high country and the canyon. To get out of the canyon from my campsite, I had to climb nearly 2,000 feet in about three miles. There was no way I ...

... get their photos, have an ice cream, and head out. We took our time to see as much as possible; and eat ice cream. It's a big place and deserves at least 2 full days just to drive around. While the geo-stuff was cool, the highlight of our excursion was being right in the middle of a herd of bison (buffalo) crossing the road! Hearing the grunting and slobber of the bison up close is quite amazing.

Well! Flew to Bay Area for a few hours to re-pack and and change planes! Had a GREAT time in Boise visiting my boyfriend, Bryan. You dont get any of the intimate details but I will tell you that in Boise, we did: shoot guns (first time and never again!), waterslides, ATVing, go-carts, miniture golf, laster tag, fresh krispy kreme and so much more! Was sad to leave the boy behind but had to catch up with my fam. in Lake Tahoe!

... I got hit with a small town incident. As I rode down the street this SUV passed by and this guy yelled out the window, "Hey get your bike off the road, it's for cars", before I could respond the guy said that he heard I was looking for him and asked if I needed any help. I told him i wanted to use a pump and he told me he would meet me back at his place. He got me taken care of and we talked a bit and he encouraged me to take a rest and possibly ...

... her mother's fears of muggings and whatnot. Our plane leaves Boise on February 3 for Panama City. From there, we plan to head north and hit every country along the way until the money thins out. With luck, we'll be in Southern California with Jacque's brother J.W. sometime this summer. We hope you enjoy following our travels, and we would be happy to hear from you along the way!