45° when I went out for breakfast. After 3 days up in the mountains, it's good to be on the road again:
Going alongside the Hoback River is a thing of beauty (looking forward):
(looking backward):
Still in Wyoming, on Hwy 89, going alongside the Snake River, with its rafting companies:
I crossed over into Idaho:
Pretty nice view of Palisades Reservoir (into which the Snake River drains).
a couple more pics of this beautiful reservoir:
plus a side-cove which is the drainage from Big Elk Creek:
Hey, don't worry, I'm not "on the bridge":
A rest-area:
offers a great view of the Snake River:
I know I've been through Iowa and Nebraska, but they also have a lot of farmland out here in Idaho:
US-26 West (which I have been on since the Idaho border) is my NEW FAVORITE ROAD!
It does get hot out on the road:
I do like these wide-open spaces (looking forward):
(looking backward):
I tried a little "special effects" picture:
I'm sorry, but if I'm DRIVING RIGHT BY IT, how can I not visit the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve:
I did the Craters Loop Drive, and it is an unbelievably desolate piece of landscape:
An hour-and-a-half later, I was at Uncle Reuben's place in Sun Valley, Idaho (well, Cindy's uncle, not mine):
Because I was running later, I
I feel asleep in the downstairs bedroom listening to the babbling brook behind the house:
On today's drive, I crossed under I-15 twice - that means I'm pretty far West. Wow - Idaho is pretty great! Thank you God for this wonderful adventure day!
By the time I hit the road this morning, it was warm enough for windows-down/tunes-on:
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want to Go Home, 1976 debut album
(as for the title - maybe yes, maybe no)
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, 1987 cd single
Steve Martin - Let's Get Small, 1977 live album
Gordon Lightfoot - Back Here on Earth, 1968
the album's last song "If I Could" still gives me chills, like it did when I was 16.
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!, 1979 debut album
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment, 1972
sounded so good, I listened twice!
lyrics: "Italian Girls"
'Til I was gone with the morning sun on my back
(um, that means he was Heading West)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony, 1980
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel, 1977 debut album
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