Woke up to a good Washington rain……..In south central Idaho! We stayed at the Hagerman Inn in the metropolis of Hagerman Idaho, population 657 on the banks of the Snake River. After getting ready for the day we went back to the Ranger station so Nik could get his national park junior ranger badge for successfully completing his tasks at the Hagerman Fossil Beds and then it was back on the not so dusty trail heading towards Jackson Wyoming.

We have long dropped south of the 45th parallel so we are now closer to the Equator than the north pole, we are northerners so we have begun moving north for this part of our journey, but first we wanted to jump off the freeway and visit the Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls Idaho. If ever near this part of the universe, you must visit. The fall is longer than Niagra and is gorgeous. These falls were not written about by settlers until 1847 which means many folks passed right by without even knowing they were there! Which when driving along, you can understand exactly why…….it’s a must see.The wind was up a bit so it was whipping the mist from the falls around like rain, not a great picture taking opportunity but made do the best I could.

After leaving the falls we hit the road for Jackson, 318 miles later, we arrived at The Sassy Moose bed and breakfast. The drive through the Snake River range was fantastic. We got up to quite an elevation but never saw any signs on exactly how high. When we came out into the town of Wilson we were still at over 6100 feet. We must have been up there cause the grade of the road at times was 10% both going up and coming down. The Gusinsky cowboy cadillac had no problems, love that Chevrolet suburban.

The Sassy Moose is very nice and you are welcomed by a friendly hound dog named Cher, she loves to play fetch with her favorite rock and to have you pet her all over. Nik took a liking to her right away. In fact, Nik attracts dogs. Last night in Hagerman Nik befriended a dog there. He was extremely worried it was all alone but I assured him he was owned by the folks at the motel, not good enough so he inquired at the front desk. Turns out her name is Frank and she is the owners dog, nice doggie too.
Hope the rain lets up soon so we can see the sights better. As Mossbacks, rain doesn’t bother us but we really wanna see these beatuiful mountains, streams, lakes and rivers and maybe some wildlife too. Tomorrow will tell. For a peak at some pictures from the day, click Grand Tetons/Yellowstone Trip Day 3 in the photoset area on the left of the home page.