Thu, Jan 20

01.20.05

The front desk called at 10:15 to say the hot water would be off for an hour, so we didn’t get out of the hotel until 11:30. We finished last night’s leftovers for breakfast and Brenda consumed the rest of the amazing bread we had with dinner. We went about a mile and a half to the Fred Meyer’s so Brenda could deposit some checks she received the day we left while Harlan got more water.

We headed north from Twin Falls to Shoshone, where we headed east to drive by Craters of the Moon National Monument. Harlan was hoping to visit the Crater Butte geocache but Brenda was driving and had a brain fart at the turn in the road so we just kept on going. We continued along US 20 and turned in to the park to see if we might cross-country ski to the first of the three geocaches there. Unfortunately, the first geocache was a 7-part virtual and Harlan was still sore from yesterday’s skiing at Sun Vally. The other two caches are listed as “extreme” for summer access (they are 3 and 7 mile hikes into the hot deset with no trails over lava rocks) and just plain dangerous for winter access (as the snow can cover 3′ wide and 100′ deep chasms in the lava).

We decided to geocache Rock’n Around instead, as it was sunset and the mostly full moon looked good too, so we could take some photos as an additional excuse for getting out of the car. Let’s just say the snow turned out to be a bit deeper than we expected and we didn’t find it.

We used our first “free night stay” at the Comfort Inn in Idaho Falls, and had dinner at The Bistro Off Broadway. We got there just before they closed, and enjoyed dinner (Brenda loved the bread) and shared a great dessert. We’ll probably have lunch there tomorrow on the way to Jackson to try their Friday-special soup and perhaps a slice of pumpkin cream pie. Probably.

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One Response to “Thu, Jan 20”

  1. Eve says on January 21st, 2005 at 6:20 am :

    Brenda’s inability while driving to take the right turn or not turn when she is supposed to turn is genetic. I accept total responsibility for that. She can ask her Dad to confirm
    this unusual behavior. Fifty-three years of riding in the passenger seat on occasion
    qualifies him as an expert on this subject.