Our Private Idaho

We drove into Idaho and visited with Karen's old grad school friend, Sharon. What a nice woman. They live in a little town called Moscow. We've been hitting college towns all along the way. Across the border in Pullman, Washington is a branch of Washington State University. The University of Idaho is in Moscow. Just wait to hear about all the college towns we've been visiting in Montana. I feel like one of those parents taking her kid from college to college over the summer.

Anyway, Sharon was very nice. Had a huge old dog named Bear. Looked like a bear in chenille jammies. But he was very nice. She seems happy in this quiet little town and I can understand why. It was cute, even though it was a bit isolated. I bet it has really cold winters.

We drove through Idaho the next day. We seemed to follow rivers all day. The one on the left is the Snake River. The town is Lewiston, named after Meriweather Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame. The river on the right is the Clearwater. The Lewis and Clark group traveled down this river on the way to Oregon and the Pacific Ocean. We have been crossing their path all along this trip.

The Clearwater was beautiful. We stopped for lunch near it at a place that provides river rafting tours. The food was wonderful, salad on a pita. Healthiest meal of the trip. It was a very peaceful drive. This trip is making me adjust to lots of changes in plans and ways of doing things. I've decided that I'm becoming a different person.

The Rambler. That's how I'm going to sign all my posts from now on.