Today we stopped in Boise, the capital city of Idaho. Interestingly enough, the Hudson’s Bay Company was the first to start a settlement here, as a means to protect the Oregon Trail. It’s a fairly good sized city, about 210,000 people. It’s a university city, so it’s vibrant, and fun, with a semi-arid climate. That means it’s a lot like Kelowna – hot summers, and some cold winters! We are staying tonight in a Best Western, called the North Lodge. It’s done in a cool log cabin style, with nice rooms, a big tv and comfy beds. They give you a free breakfast too! And their Happy Hour is truly happy, starting you off with a FREE beer!

Travelling today was nice, with beautiful roads. The American Interstate is really a wonderful highway system. We’ve had no construction, with smooth roads, and lots just freshly resurfaced in the last few years. It’s funny tho, in Washington, the speed is 70 mph and most people travel easily at that speed. We saw the odd speeder, but not many. In Oregon, the speed is 65 mph, and most everyone speeds, including Oregonians who routinely do 75, and a lot at 80 or more. In Idaho, the speed is 75, and there are still a LOT of speeders, maybe even more than in Oregon. It’s a strange thing.

The pic here is of the Sturgis Bridge that crosses the Columbia river into Oregon into a little town called Umatilla. We stopped at the Visitor’s Center there, wanting a map of Oregon. The lady there was super friendly gave us maps for all the states we’d be visiting! Nice little center too – artwork on the walls, and just tons of info.

Here is a brief movie of a couple of cool cars we saw near Benton, Washington. Love that little trailer the second car is towing! Pretty cool.