Off the west coast!

Today is our first day east of a state that has waterfront on the pacific. We have gone quite a bit north, but not all that far east yet on our journey home. We only have 24 days left to get back home, boy is time flying.

Today was a driving day, one of the longer pulls on the trip with over 400 miles from start to finish. It took most of the day as we usually only average about 50 miles an hour. Today, we may have been a bit faster, but never got on a major road. It was two lane roads the entire way, some with steep climbs and descents with curves and guard rail-less edges, some as straight as an arrow for an hour with a tail wind.

We really didn’t pass through any towns with populations over 1,000 people. We did pass over to Mountain Time from Pacific Time, so there was a little confusion as to what time it was when we were driving. Starting off was a little praying exercise as there can be 70-80 miles between gas stations.

It wasn’t much of a picture day, as we rolled early, and stayed in the car for most of the daylight, but we did get in a walk when we arrived. The campground we are staying in for the next two days is Ponderosa State Park in McCall, Idaho on Payette Lake. The town (McCall) is like a little Lake Tahoe for the good people of Boise. Only about an hour and a half from Boise, there are a lot of very nice looking houses in town (there is money here). We will explore the town more tomorrow.

The campground should be fun, there are a lot of hiking and biking trails with plenty of lake access, Melissa might even go in for a swim tomorrow!Read more