When I left the Ashley National Forest I headed for a rest stop in Snowville Utah but I got there to quick and decided to continue on into Idaho and find a car wash and a place to camp. I found a waiting line at the
Bubble Barn carwash in Burley ID I just wanted to get the Uinta mud off the RAMVAN. While I was waiting U discovered the
Milner Historic Recreation Area right on the Snake River just west of Burley. There was plenty of spaces available and only $15 per night. I got parked and went for a walk on down by the river,
"Grandpa lives in a van down by the river", experienced a nice sunset and got visited by the local mosquitoes. I had a very relaxing evening and a good nights sleep.
I was up early because there was a couple Virtual geocaches I wanted to find before I left the southern Idaho area.
Shoshone Falls Earthcache took be to the very scenic
Shoshone Falls Park, "The Niagara of the West". I went straight into tourist mode answering all the required question to complete the earthcache, and I even found the nano cache on the railing. Even though it was about 100° there was steady turn over of cars and buses driving through the park. I spent about 90 minutes walking around the park and watching the beautiful falls.
Next on to
Thousands Springs Scenic Byway Whoever put this virtual caches together went overboard on the questions. All 11 fill-in-the -blank questions came from the same sign. Kind of boring. The main attraction here is the Perrine Bridge, 4 lane highway that spans across the snake river 486 feet below. This bridge is popular for Hang Gliders that jump of the bridge. The reason it is popular, is the gliders do not need a permit. This is near the sight where EVEL KNIEVEL attempted to jump the snake river on his custom SkyCycle in 1974. The welcome center was great for escaping the heat and learning about the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway.
My next stop is known as the last camp on the Oregon Trail across the Snake River Plains. The Oregon State campground is called Farewell Bend. The last camp on the snake river before reaching the Columbia River that leads to the Pacific Ocean. The mosquitoes were very thick and hungry especially down. by the river. I camped next to 3 ladies from Pennsylvania on a trip to kayak the rivers of the west. But I think the Mosquitos ran them off. I went off on the Jaguarundi up a jeep trail pointing at a geocache about a mile away. The cache was at a sight where there was Remnants of the
Oregon Trail written on a sign that depicted the hardships the pigrams endured to complete the journey
This inspired me to move on with my journey to Olympia. So after returning to the RAMVAN I got ready for the road and took the scenic route, avoiding the Portland traffic, taking my time driving through Yakima farmlands, over White Pass and down in the forests of southwest Washington. Now begin the days of the camp, Iron Creek, Cashmere and Centralia ...... to be continued, thanks for reading my blog.
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