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Monday, November 7, 2011

A Short Hop to Twin Falls

Sunday Nov. 6, 2011 

Yesterday started out cool in Meridian with frost but no frozen water so that was a good thing.  We amused ourselves with another trip to the Harley shop and a wander around Lowes.  I’d like to get a heated jacket for the bike but want to look at a few first.  It may be that the jackets which are make by Gerbing in Washington and sold by Harley will be a good choice.  We’ll see.

We left Meridian this morning around 10am for our short drive (about 130 miles) to Twin Falls, Idaho.  We have decided to stay in Twin Falls tonight and then make a dash for Ash Springs, Nevada and avoid our usual stop in Ely, Nevada.  Too cold there right now.  Way below freezing.  there was a little snow falling as we left Meridian but it eased up a short way down the highway and no wind.  Bueno!

We are presently parked in the Twin Falls 93 RV park just south of the turnoff from Twin Falls on highway 93.  Nice park and may prove to be a longer stop in the future. 

We took a little run back into town and had a look at the Snake River Gorge.  I’ve always wanted to see it but we have always been in a hurry as we passed through on other trips.  This is another of the local wonders with a 935 long bridge over a 475 ft deep gorge.  Created by the flooding from historic Lake Bonneville about 30,000 years ago the gorge is magnificent.

While we were at the top watching a man climbed over the railing on the bridge and prepared to jump!  Luckily for us he was base jumping and not suicide jumping.  He free fell and then opened his chute and landed safely next to the river at the bottom of the canyon.  When we drove back over the bridge and stopped at the visitor centre we saw more base jumpers and a sign that said it was “the base jumping capital of the world!”  Now is this just another American exaggeration or the truth.  Who knows!

Eric has drained the water lines in the rig and blown them out with a compressor as a precaution as it will be well below freezing as we drive tomorrow and probably tomorrow night as well.  Piece of mind! 

So, hopefully we will be somewhere warm by Tuesday night (Laughlin, Nevada) and won’t hit too much snow tomorrow. 

Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

Up early at 6am, long day today just under 400 miles.  Temp 0 C. so it didn’t even freeze.  -5C in Ely so not bad there either.  Seems like the weather forecasting here is just like home.  Oh well, we have two jugs of water and will be fine until we hit Laughlin tomorrow and at least the weather looks better, and not worse.  I do have some pictures of the Snake River Canyon but will have to post them later when I have more time.

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