Boise/Meridian to Jackpot, Nevada….a beautiful day.

  Out on I84 leaving Meridian.  We didn’t have far to go today so it was a 9:30am departure.  Cloudy but not cold.  Another Boise exit under construction.  A huge amount of money being spent on the highways here. 

   The dreaded windmills.  But….today no wind which is the enemy of the RVer. 

  The open highway and away we go. 

Grain elevators.  Huge farming in this whole area. 

That’s the Snake River down there in that gorge.  Impressive rock formations.  

We left the I84 to travel Highway 30 to Twin Falls.  This is downtown Hagerman.

Beautiful old stone building.  

Looks a tad rocky for farming here.

Heading down to the Snake River.

Beautiful and there’s even an RV park on the river if you wanted to overnight.

Lots of waterfalls coming down the cliffs.

Of course there’d be a tractor on the main highway!

Oh goody he’s leaving.

Heading up out of the Snake River.

They are still farming here in November.  Amazing.

A very sharp turn left.

Highway 30 goes left….not up the hill.

Another left.

Coming into Buhl a very pretty old town.

  A lovely main street.

At the far end of Buhl is our now preferred fuel stop and place to eat lunch.

I should go into to the store and see what they have for sale. 

Parked out back for lunch.  A warm day and we even had the windows open. 

It’s after lunch and I went inside to see what they had to offer.  Well everything!  If you are a country music fan you would like it inside this store. 

Those are deer heads hanging behind the service counter.  There was even a moose head. 

All manner of farming veterinary supplies. 

Need any horseshoes.

  Onward.  This is Filer the last little town before we make the turn onto Highway 93 and head south.

 

Just after the turn there is the 93 RV park on your left.  We’ve stayed there when it was too cold to stay in Jackpot and it is quite nice.

Heading south.  At this point we were hit with a huge hatch of some small bugs and it was like rain.  Hence the spotty windshield. 

Beef in the field getting nice and fat. 

Sorry vegetarians but they look quite yummy.  We used to raise steers when we were farming and I always enjoyed them.  They were Eric’s favorite of the farm stock.  I preferred my goats. 

We are getting higher all the time.

Coming into Nevada and into Jackpot which is at 5200ft.  It can be horribly cold and very windy here but today….

….it’s beautiful. 

We arrived at the Cactus Pete’s saguaro RV park at around 2:30pm and are all snuggled in.  It has really filled up so it’s always a good idea to get here early.  $18 per night.  There is power and sewer but no water as it has been turned off for the winter.  There is water available if you want to fill your tanks.  We have both had a hot shower down at the RV park office and are now having a couple of beers before we head off to the buffet. 

Another nice day’s drive and we are grateful for each one.  Tomorrow Ash Springs, Nevada.

P.S. – Can’t get the internet to post this blog …..too slow so I’ll try tomorrow.

Thursday Nov. 6th -  parked in the Pickett’s RV park (new owners …used to be the Alamo RV Park) and we have Wifi so posting now.