Joe's Retirement Travels

Bye .. Mountain Home, Idaho!     Thanks for having accommodations.     Just like you did for the Oregon Trail Pioneers.     I forgot to mention yesterday that while driving in those high altitudes of Wyoming it was 13-degrees!    Starting out this morning .. it was a 'balmy'  22 !!    Not quite Captiva-like.  :( This last post needs a few driving and mural pics.  Clear skies for the first part of the drive into Eastern Oregon : And, of course, we need some history information. and, from an emigrant's (Esther Belle .. ) perspective : another driving pic, looking towards the valley where Baker City is,    .. the Blue Mountains : and, thankfully - TODAY!  .. the elevation sign I passed on the road today said ...4,193 feet      yaaayyyy! Thought I'd take the Pendleton exit and explore.   Pendleton Round-Up  &  Pendleton Woolen...

Thank You! Veterans, for your service.  Jim & Carol went up for the ceremony at the Avenue of Flags. It was held at one of the highest points in Thermopolis. Before that, they awoke at oh dark thirty with me and fed me and had coffee ready.  After hugs, I left. Took it easy going down the Wind River Canyon and out onto the flats heading towards Shoshoni.  Drove through Riverton and headed West..    Sun was just coming up, caught an interesting image : Sun was shining on the Owl Creek Mountains.   I should've noticed those foreboding clouds. It was lightly snowing. I returned to the car and continued West on Hwy.26, towards Dubois.   For .. 95-miles    drove on packed snow!  Oh Boy! .. what a ride!  Another [Kansas] white knuckle drive!  I stopped at a rest stop : a sign at this stop : I averaged 35-40 mph and took it real easy.   It was snowing lightly and clouds were low....