Locals enjoying one of the (several) hot springs we passed on today’s drive. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
I had to stop to take a ton of photos of the Sawtooth Mountains during our drive towards Boise. 😍
We stopped by the Sunbeam Dam site, which I believe is the first dam explicitly breached/removed to help native fish migration. (It’s a little hard to see, but the back third of the dam is missing, allowing the river flow freely on by.)
We marked off Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS for Jen yesterday. It’s definitely among my “bottom 20” NPS units, but was glad she could finally get it done.
18 seconds of bliss from the shoreline of the Salmon River, along the appropriately named Salmon River Scenic Byway. It was a downright gorgeous drive.
Really enjoyed this snack spot along the Salmon River today.
I really want to hear the story about the incident that prompted this sign above this urinal.
Well, that was a fun game. 😜 I didn’t know that coaches could agree to shorten a quarter in a blowout. Of course, my favorite 70-7 game was against that team from Tucson in 2020.
I did not expect a chance at seeing such a large constrictor here in western Montana 🤷♂️
I think we found an appropriate place here in Butte, Montana to pre-game before the ASU season opener. #GoDevils
Found a great little brewery in Spokane yesterday. Wish we could have stayed longer, but we did leave with some cans for tonight’s football game.
Today marks the start of my 40th (40th!!) season as an ASU football season ticket holder. Wowza, that’s a long time. #GoDevils
Spent much of the day exploring some mountainous counties in northeastern Washington, and enjoyed a picnic lunch and walk along the Sherman Pass Scenic Byway.
Our route today required a free vehicle ferry across Lake Roosevelt.
Columbia River views
Punctuation matters:
❌ I’m in George Washington.
✅ I’m in George, Washington.
Well, after too many far-too-soggy days of rain, we’ve fully abandoned our original tent camping plans and are retreating eastward.
You never know when we’re going to call an major trip audible—sometimes radically changing our route or destination—which is why we’re now en route to…Montana 🤷♂️🤪
The temperature at sunset at Hurricane Ridge. Posting this for my Phoenix friends…
Sacred things
