Monday morning Eric was off to Ontario to get two new tires for the 5th wheel. He bought two Sailun 14ply trailer tires with steel belted side walls and put them on the middle axle. I managed to get the laundry done and tidy up the rig and we’re ready to go. It was a pretty evening.
Tuesday morning and the wind that blew most of the night has calmed down. RVers hate wind! Only 245 miles to go today.
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Heading up the long hill to Ontario and it looks pretty stormy up ahead. There are a lot of systems moving through and the weather is quite unsettled.
Coming through Boise. They have finally finished all the road construction and everything moves smoothly now. 4 and 5 lanes of traffic so there is plenty of room for everyone.
Out of Boise and heading south. A bit showery and tons of trucks. We are only moving at 60mph and they are allowed to do 70 and the cars can do 80 so everyone is passing us. Not a problem except lots of the trucks don’t really have the power to go faster so they struggle by.
Off the interstate onto old highway 30 at Bliss. Two lanes and much quieter and prettier.
Lots of farming here and it’s really green.
The rock formations are amazing.
And the rocks….well they are everywhere. Some farmers have cleared them out but it’s a huge job to farm this land.
The stretch of highway from Bliss to Twin Falls is called the Thousand Springs scenic byway and it has many springs you can see as you drive along. The rock is volcanic and the rainwater seeps through until it hits an impervious layer and it then travels out to the cliffs and forms numerous beautiful waterfalls.
Beautiful old buildings.
Hagerman has many lovely old buildings.
Buhl is where we always stop for fuel and lunch. I thought this sign was a self proclaimed award but it turns out it’s actually true. Buhl has many rainbow trout hatcheries and produces most of the trout sold in the USA and it’s processing plant is the largest in the world. Who knew!
Heading down 95 south towards Jackpot and it’s actually sunny. Not very warm at only 13C. We made it the 250 miles to Jackpot today and we didn’t even blow a tire. Eric thinks it might be accidental curb damage from making right turns. He is always hugely careful but sometimes a bump can’t be helped. All the blow outs have been on the right hand side.
There is a cold front moving in and by late Wednesday night there will likely be snow at higher elevations. If all our ducks are in a row and the tires stay on our rig we should be in Ash Springs which is at 3500 ft. and presently 30C. It will cool off there by Friday and we will move on to Laughlin which will have cooled off enough not to cook us to death. Wish us luck!
We have been taking Hwy 30 every time for the past few years. It is a nice change from the Interstate and we found some delicious trout in a restraunt along there last time through.
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