People, Places and Praises...Day 3

People, Places and Praises 2013...

At 'Craters of the Moon'

June 7 - Day 3...After a lovely visit with Cornwalls, I headed toward Mountain Home, Idaho and then ventured onto Hwy 20. The next seven hours (remember one of yesterdays words... 'no hurry') was spent in frequent amazement at the continued and variety of beauty which I beheld. So beautiful that I found myself singing 'America the Beautiful' at least three times. I was grateful that this had been my selected route even from the earliest of planning. An added bonus was two hours spent enjoying the sites of Craters of the Moon National Park. So I encourage you to make Hwy 20 in Idaho a route to use verses I-84. You'll be glad that you did. 

Driving towards Wyoming

From Craters, I continued east stopping as suggested by National Park folks, to eat at 'Pickles' in the town of Arco. Great 'Atomic' burger and fried pickles. Oh baby!

The ride into and through Idaho Falls provided an awesome mini wrestle with a 35-40 mph cross wind. Oh yeah, lovin the Yamahaug. She barely felt it. Regarding the bike...I'm am lovin my throttle lock, the highway bar and pegs, my windshield bag, the giant saddle bags, my new GPS, the refurbished seats and with these the amazing comfort. Kenny, you were absolutely correct in saying that the bigger bike would be the better fit. Dude, you were so right!

A lovely campsite by myself...

I concluded this third day (man I love that group...Oh that was a 'squirrel' moment) meeting Wayne and his wife (in their mid 60's) who were "riding around the block", a 100 mile loop starting from their home in Jackson, Wyoming. They led me toward a Forest Service campground. It wasn't quite the fit so I continued through one of my namesakes (long story), the town of Victor. A suggestion led me to free campground called 'Mike Harris'. Took the camp site at the end (about half mile from the highway...quiet) 10 feet from the tiny but fully flowing creek. At camp, read from Galatians, enjoy the stars and off to sleep.

Love ya Karen. Goodnight!