Mountain Home RV Park was our 5 night stop over. This is a very nice park, with large spots, and best of all they have a play ground and a pool. Tyler let us know that he wants to learn how to swim, and was dragging me over for ‘lessons’ every chance we had, he is getting close.
Aunt Kristina got Tyler and Aidan a reciprocal membership for museums and zoo’s. This means that we can go to many places for free or a nice discount. The Boise Zoo is one of these places, and for only a dollar fifty we all got to go explore and see the animals.
Leaving the RV park we planned a nice lunch stop at Shoshone Falls Park. It was quite a winding road getting down, and opposing traffic had to be blocked for us to get our rig down, but it was definitely worth the effort. Shoshone Falls is on Snake river, a river that I had never heard of but that we had been, and would be following for quite some time. It is 1,078 miles (1,735 km) long, and is a major tributary of the Columbia River. It starts in Washington, and snakes its way through Idaho into Wyoming, basically following the same route we are.
When a drive is going to be more than 4 hours we check harvest hosts for a one night stay. This time we found a convenient spot at the Idaho Potato Museum, a museum dedicated to potato growing, harvesting, cooking, baking etc etc. It was a fun little place and we learned a bit about the history of potato farming and how to select the best potatoes. We picked up some baked potatoes and brought them to a nearby lake so that thew boys could play in the sand and have a bit of a swim. On travel days you need to find a way to stretch your legs!
