SOUTHERN IDAHO

Before pulling out of the RV park in Caldwell, ID, I took off the back refrigerator cover, to check the burner assembly. I found a chunk of carbon that had fallen down from the chimney onto the burner, and it was distorting the flame enough to be a problem. This morning, it has cooled back down to within a few degrees of where it should be, so, I hope that issue is corrected. We drove east on I84 to US26, where we got off the freeway, with the intent of taking the back roads thru craters of the moon national monument, and back to I84 in Idaho Falls. When we got to Shoshone, ID, the ugly "Road Closed" sign appeared, and we had to take a detour, but still made our way to the Craters of the Moon visitor center, where I snapped this picture. I knew the photo wouldn't do the landscape justice, but, if you kind of get the picture of what this prehistoric lava flow looks like. We ended up on US20, which took us thru the small town of Arco, ID. About 20 years ago, Patty and I stopped in Arco, in our first motor home, on our way back from the Sturgis motorcycle rally. This was the first U.S. city that was lighted by nuclear power, and there still is a lot of nuclear research done at the nearby National Laboratory.
At about 5pm, mountain time, we pulled into the Wally World supercenter in Idaho Falls, where we almost always spend way more money, than we would for a space at an RV park. It's almost uncanny how Sami seems to know that it's 5pm (dinner time), no matter what time zone we happen to be in. Today, we will drive thru Yellowstone, from the West entrance, and we have a reservation at an RV park that is about half way between the East entrance, and Cody, WY.