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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

We are in Boise/Meridian.

Tuesday April 24, 2012

We left Ely at about 8am yesterday morning for our almost 400 mile drive to the Boise/Meridian RV park.  This is a long day for us but since it is all wide open straight highway is an easy drive if….there is no screaming wind!  Lucky for us we has slight tail wind and we made good time and got good mileage.  Sweet.  As we passed through the Twin Falls area it was a hot 31C and the thunder heads were starting to build. We were afraid we’d hit rain and wind but we got lucky.  After a quick lunch at a rest stop on I84 we forged on.  It was black behind us and to the west as we headed for daylight!  Everything was hot, wheels, truck, air and turns out record temperatures were set all over the area.  We pulled into the Boise/Meridian KOA park about 3:30 pm our time and 4:30 theirs.  At the front desk they asked how the wind was on the drive from Ely and I said we hadn’t had much.  This is a good thing and since there are huge wind generators along the interstate from Twin Falls to Boise you can guess how much wind they can get in this area.   Lots!  You are on a high, bald prairie.

We were set up and having a beer by 4:30pm and at that point the wind started to pipe up and the thunderheads were building.  It was really hot and it turns out they had set heat record here at 91F and we were happy we had a breeze.  By the time supper was over and we were watching over the air TV (too windy to set up the dish) it was getting dark.  In the middle of our program a weather warning broke in saying that there was a severe thunderstorm and wind warning for some counties of Idaho just west of us. The wind was blowing hard.   At this point we battened down the hatches and went to bed.  This will be happening over the next couple of days as well so we’ll see what our travel plans will be later today.

We were off to find new air filter for the truck, visit the Harley shop and get some groceries.  Eric found an air filter at NAPA and it was about $10 cheaper than the GMC dealer which seemed to be a good deal at the time.  Later when he compared the old one to the new one it is apparent that cheaper isn’t necessarily better as the new one only has only about 1/2 as many pleats as the old one.  Not as good.

At the Harley shop I went looking for the heated jacket I had seen here last fall.  Too late, sold out.  That will teach me to make up my mind more quickly!  Now it turns out they have discontinued that jacket and have a new and improved one that I don’t want.  Drat.  I did get the numbers for the jacket and will check with a few other dealers to see if anyone has one.  This dealer here is huge with the most bikes we have seen anywhere and a huge selection of clothes as well.  Today I was feeling old and frumpy wandering around the shop looking at gear for perky young things with perky young things selling everything.  The funny thing is that most of the Harley riders are actually geezers!  They were playing MoTown music so you know who they were targeting….us old people. 

At this point we were off to WinCo my favorite grocery store ever.  I might have mentioned that too many times already in other blogs but really the prices and quality are super.  Some meat, fish, Tillamook cheese etc. and I was set after paying a mere $150.00.   What really broke my heart were the gorgeous, cheap, fresh vegetables….the best since Mexico and I couldn’t buy hardly any because I can’t take them over the border.  Drat.

Home to unload, have lunch and….check the weather.  We are now in a severe thunderstorm watch area and it will continue along our route from here to Othello, Washington.  We will travel early tomorrow and stop if the weather gets out of hand. 

It is now 4:30 pm and we have just had a big thunderstorm pass through, drop lots of pounding rain, big wind and now the sun is shining and the rain has almost dried up.  Happens fast and furious and it wouldn’t be fun if you were driving on the freeway.  We did here sirens so you know someone had a problem.  We will try to avoid that!

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