Ameritel Inn Boise Towne Square

I'm going to start with Boise, Idaho even though I'm living in Ontario, Oregon. It's the closest that the www.travelpod.com FB application has to my home.

Anyway, I felt I needed to keep a travel log of where I will be going, what I will be doing so that friends and family will be able to keep up ...

I was so excited when my parents and I "discovered" the Sandcastle Motel in Lincoln City a few years ago. Since then we have gone down at least twice a year and had great experiences in the kitchenettes that are very reasonably priced (but without a balcony). Just returned this year and was very disappointed this stay. We were in a two queen room ...

In the morning, we woke up to a nice breakfast assortment prepared by Gloria. We bid our good friends Gloria ad Barney and of course my loving father goodbye and off we went. A ten hour drive to Boise! I had called Elise Saxby (the mother of my friend Jenna, who I have known since Kindergarten) to get her daughter's new number. When I told Elise that I planned on visiting Jenna and her husband Mark, Elise suggested that I call Mark and plan ...

... and driving through northwestern Oregon and on into our stop in Idaho it was dry and brown then for a mile or so there were tree farms, green crops and of course an occasional golf course. Through Wyoming, Montana and Washington I have never seen so much hay grown and rolled, cows and horses. One thing we found was the beef was inexpensive here! We have also been lucky in the campgrounds…all have been nicely maintained and we ...

... Charbonneau and Sacagewea. I stood and looked out over the immense landscape at a lone, large tree, the tallest thing around, that appeared to reach up through banks of low clouds. I felt very peaceful breathing in the smell of the valley. I realized what a great idea it was to stick to about 300 miles a day. I love it. We did finally get to Boise.

... als bis zur empfangsdame haben wir's allerdings nicht geschafft (haben uns auch nicht sonderlich mühe gegeben ;o)...

aber ein super steakhouse im stadtzentrum hat den aufenthalt hier doch noch 'herausgerissen' und auf dem weg in die berge, wurde mir doch tatsächlich von einem einheimischen ein paprika chip geklaut (siehe letztes foto).

Our friends the Blickenstaffs took us to the airport (thanks guys) made it out of Boise alive, don’t know yet what we forgot. Flight on United to Chicago was average. HOWEVER. Flight on Lufrtansa Air to Frankfurt was like going back to old-style commercial flight with current technology. First glimpse of all that orderliness and practicality. Actual dinner ...

... sure if I wanted to park the car and walk a bit thru town but it's just not that interesting and you can get the idea from your car. If you like the trendy stuff, you should park and hang out somewhere, I was on a different path. This town reminds me of Portland, the houses are very cute, craftman style homes and it also has a bit of the Bend, Oregon feel, lots of outdoor things to do. It's is very mellow, people are very friendly, everybody says hi or some wave at ...

Woke up to another beautiful clear, blue sky and a backdrop of snow kissed mountains - awesome. We left for the trip to Boise, Idaho at about 10am (not realising that we would have to put out clocks forward an hour in Idaho...) and stopped at restaurant called 'The Farmhouse' for lunch in Wendell, Idaho (a small town). The meals there were reasonably priced and huge - Fred had some Texas ...

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