Day Two
We woke early, washed our faces and departed around 6:45. Said “good-morning” to Nevada and pointed Beast and Polly East.
Nevada has a very straight and flat presentation with many miles in between each stop area. It seemed like an eternity as we kept driving. After stopping for gas and a quick hamburger at McDonald’s, we actually missed our turn off. Completely engrossed in Black Hills by Nora Roberts being read to us on CD that I didn’t realize we had missed our stop until we were 20 miles past the turn off. I looked for an exit to turn around but I had to drive quite a ways until an exit appeared.
An observation that we have made on this adventure is that most of the highways we have been traveling on are in the middle of some major construction. That combined with the fact that legally Beast cannot pull Polly as fast as he is accustomed to driving, it feels like we have been creeping across the states.
Crossing the Snake River in Twin Falls, Idaho was one of the highlights of the day. Stopping in the tourist parking area, camera in hand, we walked across the bridge and took the path to walk under part of the bridge. Not realizing that the bridge was a site for base jumpers, I almost had a complete meltdown as out of the corner of my eye, saw a person jump off the bridge. I didn’t think it too funny but I think Denise found a little humor in it.
Twin Falls also had construction so the trip took us longer than planned, about two hours longer than we had planned. We found the Twin Falls/Jerome KOA, checked in and “dropped” Polly off at the campsite. (We timed ourselves just for fun and we set the record of 7 minutes to disconnect and hook up the water and electricity.
Twin Falls not only has the Snake River but it is home to the Shoshone Falls. With directions in hand from the KOA desk clerk, we ventured out to find some beauty to find the site where Evel Knievel jump site from his attempted historical jump of 09/8/1974, which ended in a crash. After touring around, we concluded the day with a Five Guys burger and some famous Idaho potatoes and bunked in for night two.
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| Driving across Nevada |
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| Snake River |
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| Day Two at the Snake River in Twin Falls |
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| Shoshone Falls |
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