This trip is especially for Di & Rick because they have told us how much they miss northern Idaho. I didn't remember to take any pictures while up on the Palouse, but I did start taking them about when we passed Ferdinand on the Camas Prairie. What is more appropriate than a picture of a grain elevator for this part of the country.
This was taken on the big hill between Ferdinand and Cottonwood. If you look really hard you can see the 7 Devils peeking over the horizon. Not a bad shot for the end of June (they're not as clear as in March when the air is so clean, but to have them visible at all was pretty cool!)
This is the Camas Prairie looking toward Grangeville.
Couldn't miss taking a shot of canola in bloom.
We were stopped for construction at the bottom of White Bird hill so I took this one overlooking the Camas Prairie looking north toward Cottonwood.
At the top of White Bird Hill looking south.
You might have to enlarge this one to see the semi clear at the bottom of the hill! We went down really slow with the coach and had no problem on the hill.
If you look really hard there is some sandbar at Skookemchuck. The Salmon River was high, but we've definitely seen it a lot higher!
The Salmon River again from one of the Twin Bridges.
Looking down the Salmon River Canyon.
More Salmon River Canyon.
The Time Bridge! Our personal landmark on our ride south.
The Little Salmon River was really pretty with lots of white water.
Just thought this was a pretty shot looking south as we traveled up the Little Salmon.
One of the falls on the Little Salmon.
The "big" falls just before you get to the New Meadows valley.
At the top of the hill looking across the valley.
Had to get a picture of the cattle on their summer grazing fields. There were lots of them all over the valley.
This was taken from the hill going down into Council. It was nice to be able to go through and not stop for fuel like we always had to before.
On Sunday, July 4th, the Jones family drove to church in their "new" car. This is Jason's Trabi! He just got it running Saturday so the whole family piled in a drove to church. It makes our CRV look huge! It sounds a bit like a lawn mower, but it's a fun little car and the kids had fun riding in it. We have had so much fun with the kids and grandkids and we get to stay here in Burley for another almost 2 weeks, then we'll move up to Meridian so we can see all our family in the Treasure Valley. Summer sure is a busy time!!!!!
We arrived in Burley on 29 June and got to stay three weeks visiting the kids. We went to a big picnic at Jason's parents, a Ward breakfast at Harris Pond, watched fireworks from our coach, went to breakfast in Declo for Declo Days and later that day went to the Declo Days parade. We got to watch the grandkids a lot (that's always fun). And Grandma, Jenn, Kate & Claire went shopping in Twin Falls while Grandpa & Karson went to lunch and a movie (Toy Story 3) together. That was a fun day! The picture above was taken from the kids front porch at sunset. They get some beautiful sunsets over the Snake River!
We're waiting for the parade to start. Once it started we all stood up because they were throwing so much candy the kids were scrambling most of the time to get some (grandpa likes scrambling too!)
The last Saturday we were in Burley, we drove up to Lake Cleveland for a picnic. It was the first weekend it was open for the season so it was a really pretty drive. It's about an hour south of where the kids live so not a really long drive. There was still some snow on the hills around the lake as you can see in this picture, there was more in the shadows, but I couldn't get a good shot of it.
After our picnic, Jason and Karson wanted to fish on the lake for a while. Here's Jason trying to catch something and a good view of part of the lake.
Karson was fishing too while we watched and Grandpa read to the girls. We got cold as the sun was setting so we were trying to bundle up. It had been in the 90s down in Burley, but it was only 74 when we got to Lake Cleveland. As the sun set it got even colder!
Grandpa reading to Kate and Claire. We had to leave Burley 19 July so we could come up to Boise to visit family here. I haven't gotten a lot of pictures, but on Tuesday I got to take my Mom out to lunch with some of her friends to celebrate a birthday. Then we went back to her house to have cake.,+Mom.JPG)
Around Mom's table celebrating Clarissa's birthday. We had German Chocolate Cake and had a really fun day. Saturday we had a great family picnic at my sister, Kathy's, but of course I didn't take any pictures! The siblings and Mom also got together Sunday afternoon, but again, I forgot to take any pictures. We are getting family pictures taken on Tuesday next week though so I will get some. We're having a good summer so far, it's always fun to visit with family and be able to enjoy each person.
