Tuesday, September 6, 2011

In the middle of somewhere.......



We are currently in Lewiston, Idaho. We drove farther than intended yesterday and felt the stress of the 2 lane winding highway......it would have been very scenic and enjoyable in anything but our current mode of transportation. This area is called the Palouse. It was formed during the ice age and is all hills and gullys....some quite dramatic. They grow wheat on these rolling, steep areas and it said in Wikipedia, that in the early 1900's it took 40 horses to pull the large machinery. Seems to me that if you wanted to grow wheat that bad, you would just move to North Dakota.
We are undecided about direction from here but "tomorrow is another day" and we will just postpone thinking about it. Mostly , we are concerned about roads and in talking to those who know, we would have more of yesterday.
So, we will wander about this area along the scenic Snake River. Looks like there is lot to do if you like fishing and white water rapids and sightseeing by helicopter. Maybe there's something for the less adventurous as well.

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful. Surprising there are no trees!

    Have fun and enjoy the ride, whatever direction you take.

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