Fall 2016 - Day 16: Boise, Idaho - Shoshone Falls Park - Wilson, Wyoming

Friday, Sept 30, 2016 - Drive east to Shoshone Falls Park, and continue on to Scott & Petria in Wilson, Wyoming:

383 total miles today!

On the road in Idaho (83 miles east of Boise):


The Snake River entering Twin Falls, ID


The Falls at Shoshone Falls Park were not really flowing that much:

Certainly not as much as when Thomas Moran painted them:
Shoshone Falls on the Snake River, 1900 - (Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK)

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, ca. 1875 - (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA)


Downstream is pretty:


as is the area above the Falls:


FUN driving these western roads! It was great driving up over the mountains into Wyoming. Thank You God for these wonderful adventures!

Music today was from my big iPod - "1st Albums" today:

James Taylor - James Taylor, 1968


Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using, 1972


Lyrics: "Song For Adam"
Together we went traveling, as we received the call
His destination India, and I had none at all

Lyrics: "Looking Into You"
I heard that highway whisper and sigh

Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer, 1977

(well, technically it is his second album, but it was the first I heard in New York City)

Counting Crows - August and Everything After, 1993


Lyrics: "Time and Time Again"
I wish I was traveling on a freeway
Beneath this graveyard western sky

Santana - Santana, 1969


Paul McCartney - McCartney, 1970


John Cougar Mellencamp - John Cougar, 1979


Still playing "Check Off The License Plates" - GA, NV, IA, SD, MT today.

Temperature-wise, it was 72º F at 9 AM - 81º F at 2:12 PM -

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
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Fall 2016 - Day 15: Lake Oswego, OR - Maryhill Museum of Art - Super 8 Boise, Idaho

Thursday, Sept 29, 2016 - Drive east (up the Columbia River!) to Maryhill Museum of Art, and continue on to Super 8 in Boise, Idaho:

448 total miles today!

A Beautiful Day going up through The Dalles along the Columbia River:



Cool rock formations on the north side of the river:


The Maryhill Museum of Art has a very nice Rodin collection:

The Minotaur, c. 1886, bronze and plaster





Individual works I was interested in were not available for viewing, but they had a wonderful cafe with lunch out on the porch over the Columbia River:



Back on the road again:

And into Idaho:


I practically LIVED on 84 East today (over 410 miles!), so I wanted a picture:


After a nice dinner, back at the Super 8 I watched a WONDERFUL video: "Springsteen & I" on the Showtime channel. It was a film made by putting fans' self-videos about experiencing Bruce, together with archival footage of Springsteen in concert!! Thank You God for these wonderful adventures!

Music today was from my big iPod - Wendy's Choice today:

Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (anthology), 1996


Jackson Browne - Lawyers In Love, 1983


Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance, 1986


Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn, 1991


Marc Cohn - The Rainy Season, 1993


Jackson Browne - I'm Alive, 1993


Jackson Browne - For Everyman, 1973


Still playing "Check Off The License Plates" - AK today.

Temperature-wise, it was 55º F at 8:15 AM - 92º F at 4:25 PM -

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
hyperlink: dixonheadingnorth
http://dixonheadingnorth.blogspot.com/

Fall 2016 - Day 14: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA - Mount Rainier National Park - Portland Art Museum, OR - Lake Oswego, OR

Wednesday, Sept 28, 2016 - Drive south to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, then into Mount Rainier National Park, then down to Portland Art Museum (Oregon), and finish at dinner/hotel in Lake Oswego, OR:

266 total miles today!

A lovely day to visit the Museum of Glass:

Dale Chihuly - Black Basket Set with Cobalt Lip Wrap, 2006

Harvey K. Littleton - Witch of Agnesi II, 1980


Beautiful country on the way up to Mount Rainier National Park:


It was SO COOL being up at Mount Rainier National Park!:


The Mountain DOMINATES the Park:



Its great being here with my Beautiful Bride:


We visited Narada Falls


and there is A LOT OF FOREST up here!


Down at the Portland Art Museum (Oregon), the American Artists section was closed. My favorites of what was on display were:

Claude Monet - Nymphéas (Waterlilies), 1914-1915


Charles-Théodore Frère - Vue de Tunisie, l'Afrique, n.d.


Fun dinner with Wendy's cousin Shelley, then checking into the Crowne Plaza. Thank You God for these wonderful adventures!

Music today was from my big iPod - Y's and Z's:

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice - You Were There For Me, 2004


Bill Morrissey - You'll Never Get to Heaven, 1996


The Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace, 1969


Matchbox Twenty - Yourself Or Someone Like You, 1996


The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980


Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma, 1975


Still playing "Check Off The License Plates" - WY today.

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
hyperlink: dixonheadingnorth
http://dixonheadingnorth.blogspot.com/