Category: Idaho

Connors Pass, NM – Rest Stop by Hayspur Fish Hatchery, ID – April 9, 2017

Today’s drive.

Yes these pictures are very much the same.    They are both pictures of Harry driving on ICE and SNOW on the 9th of April.
This is one of the many passes on Hwy 50, we are just East of Ely, NV.

Driving up the pass their was a semi stopped in the road just before the top of the pass.  I was able to drive around him when I discovered the ice and snow on the road which stopped him.  The road is a 6 to 7% grade and I guess he was going so slow when he got to the ice he was unable to keep moving.

We were early enough to get a spot to stop.  This was a good time for breakfast and wait for the road to clear.   We got to the top at 8:00 a.m. and the first two sand truck came through at 8:10.  They several passes blading the ice and dumping a lot of salt and sand on the road.  By 9:00 the road was melted (about an inch of ice) and the Highway Patrol stopped to say the road was clear going east.

The plan was to spend the night at Hayspur Hatchery Campground, however the campground was closed.  It is a one lane road into the hatchery and campground and with the campground closed I only had limited options to turn around.  I needed up having to unhook the pickup to get turned around.

We ended at a rest stop just down the main road on the way to Sun Valley.

It was cold, 27 degrees in the morning.

Lewis and Clark Caverns – Sunday May 22, 2016

We drove down to Virginia City this morning, most of the town was still closed things open up on Memorial Weekend.

I will add some pictures when I get them off my camera.

In the morning we leave for two weeks at Madison Campground in Yellowstone National Park.  I know their is no internet at the campground so I do not know when I will post again.
Written on IPad.

 

Pink House, BLM on Clearwater River – East of Lewiston, ID – Monday May 16, 2016

At one of the few BLM campground’s with full hook up’s and with Old Guy pass only $9.00 a night. We’ll stay here until Friday and then move to Lewis and Clark Caverns 7 hours east of here.
Today’s drive. 

Our campsite. 

We are in site #1, that is site number one.

View towards the river.  This is a big river with lots of people fishing for salmon in boats with 100 to 200 horsepower motors. 

Three Island Crossing State Park, Glenns Ferry, ID – Monday April 4, 2016

First off I forgot to take campsite pictures today.

We are in site 56 in the lower campground.  Today was the longest drive for this trip home 433 miles.  This is where I had already planned to spend the night however about 10 miles before we got here the wind REALLY came up and if this wasn’t the plan we would have pulled off here anyway.   The motorhome ahead of us since Twin Falls had his large awning being blown open the last 5 miles or so.  He pulled off I-84 just ahead of us.   Several years ago I bought an awning lock which is made just for days like today, ours didn’t move.  Having the awning deploy while you are driving down the highway is not fun and usually destroys the awning.
Campsite picture.

These two sites are listed as separate campsites.
Look how close the picnic tables and campfire pits are located.

This is the awning lock I was talking about.
Today’s drive.
Drove around a little looking for a pull through site out of the wind.

Owyhee River, ID – Tuesday September 22, 2015

On our way to Owyhee State Park we had a little adventure.  We have driven through Boise, Idaho a bunch of times and we either stay at a rest stop or a couple of state or COE parks south of Boise. This trip I was looking for something north Boise because we are going to be dropping down into Nevada from here.  Using ultimatecampground.com I found this state park.  What I didn’t research enough was the road to the campground.  Owyhee State Park is on a reservoir and the road to the base of the dam is pretty good, mostly a narrow one and a half lane road.  It follows the river for 22 miles and we saw a quite a few people fishing in the river.

The challenge comes when you reach the dam.  The road Y’s, right to dam office and visitor’s center and left to dam and campground.  This is a true Y with no place to turn around, remember with the car behind the motorhome I cannot back up.  To the right has a bridge 50 hundred yards down the road, I was not to sure I wanted to take my motorhome across.  It is not a huge motorhome but is 32 feet and weighs 22,000 pounds.  Left is a narrow road to the dam and campground, even has a narrow road sign.  We went left.  Narrow is 10 feet wide cut into the steep hillside with at least a 10% grade for the last quarter mile of a half mile stretch to the top of the dam.  Just past the top is a 50 foot wide parking lot and a two door out house.  At this point the narrow road continues on 3.5 miles to the campground.  I could see the road cut into the hillside and after 3 or 4 minutes of looking and thinking I decided this is a good place to turn around and camp on the river.  I talked to a guy in this parking lot, he said it is a scenic drive out to the campground but he wasn’t sure he would drive a motorhome out there.  I unhooked the car and after jocking back and forth a couple of times I got the motorhome turned around, car hooked up and headed back down the dam in first gear.  Found a great spot in the valley and on the river with enough view of the southern sky to watch SYFY’s Face Off.

Campsite by the river:
Today’s drive:
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C J Strike Dam – Friday September 13, 2013

Today is the last day of the doing nothing part of vacation.  Tomorrow morning it is up at 6:00 a.m. and on the road by 6:30.  Should get home around 6:00 or 7:00 p.m.

Here is this evenings view,
I did not take view picture last night however here is a weather sat screen shot.
The blue area is where it is hailing.  The heavy stuff went mostly around us. We have had great vacation and it is back to work on Monday at 6:30 a.m.

C J Strike Dam, Idaho – Wednesday September 11, 2013

Moved north to get out of the rain.

Numbers for the day: drive time 13 hours, miles 616, left campsite at 6:30 a.m. arrived here at 7:45 p.m., 6 Hank pee stops, rained until 1:30 p.m., we are at North Shore site 18.

GPS:
I am here: 42 57.138 N 115 58.328 W http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:42.95231,-115.97214

2496 altitude.

Hoping for two dry days, we will drive home from here on Saturday.

 

Massacre Rock State Park, ID – Saturday August 31, 2013

Today was the first day of a doing nothing vacation.  Hank and I went for a walk this morning.

Fixed the passenger side rear clearance light and cleaned out the bottom of the BBQ.  Tomorrow we head south on Nevada hwy 93 and will spend the night out in the middle of no where, it should be dark to see stars.  I don’t think we’ll have phone or internet.

pictures for today:
Have a great Sunday.