Tue, Jan 18
01.18.05
The phone in the next room rang Early, and since the room was pleasantly dark and we were apparently exhausted we slept until about 11am. We made more progress on the trip website stuff and left the hotel about 1pm. We had breakfast at Elmers, and were very impressed with it. We then went shopping for a “vest” to hold the photography stuff, and finding nothing at either an outdoor place or a fishing gear place, we headed off to the World Center for Birds of Prey where we had a surprisingly good time and took a bunch of pictures and some video. We left there at closing time (4pm) and decided it was too late to drive around the Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area, so we headed to Twin Falls on 84 with a quick stop off at a camera shop Harlan noticed on the way to breakfast. There we found a nice camera gear vest at Idaho Camera. Harlan figured he’d use the opportunity to ask a question about one of the lenses he got with his 35mm camera, and the net result is that we bought a used 28-135mm lens, too!
We got to Twin Falls about 7pm or so, and Brenda was jonesing for a really good burger. The hotel clerk recommended Idaho Joe’s, and the food there was inexpensive and good. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the cashier said that she thought breakfast was their best meal. I suspect we’ll find out in the morning.