Scotch Pines Golf Course – Payette, ID

On our way to Scotch Pines Golf Course we decided to stop at Jiffy Lube and get another oil change, on top of the one we had four days and 1,000+ miles ago. Bernie recommended it as cheap insurance given the knocking we’ve had coming from our engine.  We didn’t see any metal shavings in…

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Craters of the Moon National Park, Idaho

We stayed two nights at a KOA camp in Arco, ID, 20 miles east of the Craters of the Moon National Park. Arco’s claim to fame, it was the first city in the world to be powered by atomic energy. When we visited Craters of the Moon National Park, we found that the Visitor’s Center…

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Y Knot Winery, Glenns Ferry, ID

We traveled from Moab, UT to Glenns Ferry, ID and stayed at the Y Knot Winery.  It was a beautiful place, a Harvest Host location that also had a RV park and a golf course. We stayed in the RV park, which had a view of the golf course and full hook-ups. It was too…

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Kellog, ID

We got on the road at 6:30am and the drive was pretty great all the way to Kellog. Mostly sunny and blue skies with poofy white clouds.  We got some rain once we hit Idaho, but nothing major. We nursed our gas tank all the way to Post Falls so we could fill up on…

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Day 35, Holesinsky Winery – Twin Falls, Idaho

After our stay in Zion, we drove to the Holesinsky Winery in Buhl, ID, close to Twin Falls.  We had stayed there on our 2nd night on March 19th in the pouring rain.  The weather had changed dramatically in the five weeks in between the two stays. It was a beautiful spring day, about 65…

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Day 2 – Twin Falls, Idaho

We left Indian John Hill rest stop at 5:45am and Karen drove through dense fog and darkness for the first couple of hours.  We took Highway 82 towards Yakima, crossed into NE Oregon and took Highway 84 into Idaho. Surprisingly, we drove past Bretz RV & Marine in Boise Idaho, the dealer that sold our…

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