Sunday April 11, 2010
We left Ely yesterday morning at 8am. It was just around freezing when we hit the road but it was dry, so no ice.
Oh yeah, the guy who was leaving for Oregon pulling his 5th wheel with the old trucks and squealing fan belts was broken down at the edge of the road about 2 miles out of Ely. Plan B I guess.
It is a long flat drive on 93 to Twin Falls with not much traffic. The road goes through the Great Basin which is all high desert. Eric could use cruise control so that is not so tiring.
Spring has not arrived yet and the there is lots of snow on the mountains and even at the side of the road. Very interesting rock formations along the way and it all warrants a more leisurely drive but …..wind …. is coming, so not this time. As you pass through the north end of Twin Falls you go over the Snake River and the gorge that it runs through. Spectacular and again we’ll stop another time. Today was another long day but we had a tailwind from Twin Falls to Meridian and since it is downhill all the way from Ely to Meridian so that was sweet. Cruise control and 10 to 11 mph! We made good time and arrived at the Boise Meridian RV park around 3:30pm and got in without any problems. Last year we missed the turn (a confusing Y) and this year in November we found the road at the Y and they had changed it to a one way coming towards us which forced us down a dead end road. We were only lucky to be able to turn around because the guy at the end had a huge circular driveway with lots of room. Whew! Did he put in in so we could we turn around ?!!! This time, no problem, finally! It is a hard park to find (poor signage - but, great sites, paved, free Wi-Fi, pool, hot tub, showers etc. and all really clean. $30 a night with tax and Good Sam discount. The only problem they have is the really, really old women on the desk (way older than me!) who are always confused and can’t get the computer to run. She gave us a site after asking our length and it turned out to be narrow and next to the trash bins even though there were lots of better sites available. Then a site we couldn’t get through because of a trailer parked in front. Again, no good. Eric says we are a magnet for crappy sites and I say we just have to complain. We are paying them and they are not doing us a favor by letting us stay in “their” park and we learn a little more every time we stay in a new park. I don’t know who they were saving the primo sites for but….they didn’t show up! Dopey.
We ordered Pizza with a park coupon from a local independent shop called Pizzaroni’s and it is the best pizza we have ever eaten. Two medium pizzas -a Mediterranean and a Veggie as I wasn’t sure of size and it was twice as much as we could eat. Great fresh crust, fresh ingredients (zucchini, spinach, artichokes, feta etc.) Absolutely delicious! Next time one family size will do.
Today we’ll chill out and decide when to head out of here. Supposed to be rainy with thunderstorms tomorrow so we may wait till Tuesday to leave.
Eric has rearranged the garage so the bicycles can come off the front of the truck (getting rain now) and ride inside along with our extra chair and Blue. Getting crowded in there.
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