We headed north to Ketchum and Sun Valley just to see what they looked like. The Sun Valley ski area is closed but Ketchum is beautiful and thriving.
It has a lovely upscale and very pricy downtown where Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Picabo Street, Adam West and Mariel Hermmingway have second homes.
...and, surprisingly, the Catholic Church in Ketchum is named Our Lady of the Snows,
just like in Woodstock Vermont!
Across Idaho, the landscape is flat and the highway is straight.
We spent some time listening to Kat Country 106.1 which majors in songs about love, lost love, Jesus and alcohol. Finally, we found OPB (not "Oh poor baby" but rather, Omaha Public Broadcasting also know as NPR, thank goodness.)
Today we figured since Las Vegas we've now driven (ok--Rick has driven) 3,000 miles. And what has Kathy been doing? Well, this has been my salvation...
Knitting this cowl, nearly finished--thank you, Rachel, for the pattern and the tutorial!
We had no idea that we were actually driving the Oregon Trail for a long time today but we were. Route 84 follows the Trail and then takes a bit of a detour. The southern section of the Trail was beseiged by Native American raids and so this more northern route, discovered by Donald Mackenzie's fur trade party in 1820, came into use for emigrant parties of Idaho pioneers in 1862. After that, it was known as Goodale's Cutoff. I can't imagine traveling the road we traveled today in a wagon. Really, I would highly recommend a Volvo XC 60 SUV with cruise control, radio, heat and air conditioning....
We stopped in Boise to look at the state Capitol and get some on-the-road provisions at Trader Joe's.
And tonight here we are in Pendleton, Oregon at our Howard Johnson's after dinner at the vegetarian Indian restaurant attached to it. A walk along the beautiful Umatlilla river and time to relax in our room...
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