Pollock

Payette River 

Yesterday morning we packed up and left Boise (a suburb called Eagle).  Boise wasn't to our liking - with it being the capital of Idaho, lots and lots of people. The campground we were in only allowed enough distance between RVs that if you stood between 2 and spread out your arms, you could touch one RV to the other.  Grace had a good time...the Class A (motorhome) beside us had a cat and the two stared at each other all day.  Did you know that Boise (boy - zee) is French for trees?  When the French Canadians came through the area in the 1700's they were amazed when after crossing the rolling barren hills of southern Idaho found lots of trees along the Snake River.  Thus calling the area Boise.

Was tough getting out of the spot....took some maneuvering on Dave's part, very frustrating and nerve wracking.  Thought we broke the hitch in the truck at one point. We were literally shaking by the time we got out of the spot and stopped at the front to drop off the garbage.  Stared driving north on State Route 55 called the Payette River Scenic Byway.  And they were right - beautiful!  Raging river along side us all the way.  Crossing in and out of small towns, back into canyons and out into meadows, back into canyons.  Just breathtaking. We saw snow capped mountains all around and rain in the distance, scenery you see in a magazine.  Once we got to Canyon Pines RV Park (where we are now in Pollock) we were so pleased - we are right on the Little Salmon River which is just racing by us.  The sound this river makes - mesmerizing. If you could fly directly due east about 40 miles, we are exactly the same latitude as Waggonhammer RV Park we stayed at last July on our way to Montana.  Only thing that separates the two campgrounds is the Sawtooth Mountains - the same mountains Lewis and Clark crossed over during their 1804-1806 expedition.

Our view out of RV 

Although our ride was only 135 miles from Eagle to Pollock, it felt very, very long.  Narrow twisty road, steep drops into the canyons and huge inclines out, then about 30 miles from our present site the fault warning came on in the truck telling us that something was wrong with the trailer wiring.  Nothing we could do until we get settled in but in the meantime our senses were even more heightened, anticipating something to go very wrong.  Thank goodness, nothing else happened.  Dave will have to do some investigating, cleaning wires, etc before we head out again.

We are near a wilderness area call Hells Canyon National Wilderness, borders Washington and Idaho, which is a sportspersons mecca.  Swimming, rafting, canoeing, fishing, ATVing, boating, hiking, camping, etc. is all in this area.  Will go about 10 miles farther north to the town of Riggins today to see what specifically we can do (interested in doing hiking and photography of scenery). And once we get to Riggins, our time zone changes to Pacific Time.  Will be flopping the clocks back and forth during our stay.  We plan to be here about 8 days, maybe a little longer if we like this area.  We have to be miserly in our water usage - do not have sewer hookup and therefore will have to take shorter showers and use paper products in order to minimize dishwashing.  But - we LOVE our view!