We left Ely, Nevada with a skim of snow on the ground and headed north to Idaho. It was mostly a traveling day but the scenery in some places was awesome. The fresh snow on the mountains that we were paralleling made for some pretty scenes that Laura photographed from the truck. We call that kind of shooting 'Drive-By'. The highways we were on have very low, gravel shoulders and you don't want to pull a rig over onto that because you may not be able to get it back on the road again.
Unfortunately it also meant we couldn't stop to take any pictures of the two Golden Eagles we saw, one of which was right on the side of the road eating road kill. Nor could we stop to take pictures of the Pronghorn Antelope herd we passed...or the Coyote... Dang!
We did however, stop in Jackpot, Nevada which is right on the Nevada/Idaho border. There is a good, little liquor outlet there that has great prices. A large bottle of Carolyn's Irish Creme- $15, a 1.75 Liter bottle of Bacardi Gold Rum- $24.
The campsite in Mountain Home is quite fancy, paved roads and RV sites with lawn. Nice and clean! We're fairly close to Boise so we'll be heading in there to visit Cabellas as well as the outlet mall with a late lunch at the Golden Corral Buffet, yummmmm!
Console ourself with the fact that, had there been proper shoulders at the road's edge, the photo opportunities would never have presented themselves! :-)
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