Back to playing tourist

September 4 – Once we got up and going, I made breakfast and we discussed the RV being

So high up we could't reach the step!

up so high and we were not comfortable with it.  So after we dressed we drove around the 2 loops to see what might be better and available.  One site was in our loop and looked OK and the other was in the other loop.  So we went to the VC where you check in, which we did today, and asked about changing.  She was fine with it and said they should not list that site on the website as suitable for a rig our size.  The sight we preferred was OK for 2 nights but we’d have to move again, so we drove back out and re-visited the one in our loop and decided it was way better so she told us to take it.

It didn’t take us long to move and get set back up.  We can walk up the hill behind us and have a gorgeous view of the Snake River.  It was much simpler leveling in this spot. 

On our way out we stopped at the VC and let her know we were all set.  Then we left for Register Rock

which is in a small park along the interstate.  This area is on the Oregon Trail and the rock is near a small water supply where the wagon trains stopped.  They have it under a shelter and fenced in to protect it from the elements and

Sample of the signatures

vandalism.  There are several large rocks near it and I checked them out and found more names from 1917 up in the 2000’s.

The interstate was built right where the trail went through.  It was originally referred to as Devils Gate as it was barely

Imagine this just wide enough for
a wagon - Devil's Gate

wide enough for a wagon to pass.  Now it’s home to a 4 lane highway, such is progress.

As we hopped on the interstate to go into American Falls, we got pictures of the boulders along side to provide a bit of prospective of what it was and what it is now.  We had lunch in American Falls, which is about 14 miles east of the state park.  It’s not a very large town.  We ate at Falls Grill and Chill.  They do ice cream treats in addition to a variety of quickie lunch items.  Bill had the double burger special of the day and I had a chicken pita.  Just enough to fill me up.  We stopped at the only Thrift store in town and Bill found a couple of books and a shirt.  I didn’t do so well!

We drove out to the American Falls Dam for a look and then to the American Falls Fish 
Hatchery.  We go to them all the time and this was a nice one.  One of the employees told us all about it and how they are currently moving tanks of steelhead trout and rainbow trout to rivers and streams in various parts of Idaho.  They were piping the tiny fish through white corrugated pipes from the indoor tanks to the larger tanks outside.  You could see the dark spots flying through the pipes.

Time to head back to the RV.  It was getting pretty hot out so we took a break in the AC and Bill took a nap.  I did a frozen bag meal tonight of Alfredo Chicken.  It’s good but could use

Transfer tubes

more chicken!  After dinner we walked up the hill behind our

I'm the white speck

RV for one of the great overlooks of the Snake River.  We took lots of pictures and I walked down and over to another hill and Bill took pictures of me on the rock and I took one of him.  He spotted a bunny on our site when he walked down to the RV!

Bruce and Sharon called and we caught up with them and their whereabouts!  They sounded happy to be in a bit cooler weather for a few days up in Flagstaff!  Now

Great View!

we are in a little hotter weather but warmer at nights.  It’s a trade off I guess!

I worked on the Directv again and tried a different correction

Visitor

and so far, so good.  If this doesn’t work for long I think we need to change receivers!  We do have a spare!