#15 Just Keep Rollin'

Well it's been an interesting couple of weeks.

I already mentioned the wonderful little place, Nat-Soo-Pah RV and water park where we were staying.  Highly recommended if you want to be away from everything and enjoy the quiet.  It's not quiet on the weekends, though.  It's a very popular place with the locals for camping and swimming.  We will definitely go back there some day.

We had made arrangements to be at Bish's Twin Falls store for some warranty work on the trailer.  Our appointment was for the 16th, so on the 13th we moved, deciding to stay at the HWY93 RV park (recommended by friends, Keith and Linda) because it's closer to the dealership.  At the moment it is a really small, older park.  I liked it though.

The Laundry room is quite nice, although it only has two washers and
dryers.

They are doing a massive expansion next door to accommodate huge motorhomes and trailers.  Each site will be twice the size of the older section, with more room between RVs, large grass areas, table and BBQ.  Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like!  It's close to town and definitely a place we will come back to.

They have a big open grassy area  near the expansion and also a shaded
area for the dog.  It's all grass, has poop bags, a manmade pond and is really quite nice.  Scooter liked it.  I had read negative reviews regarding this park.  I have no idea where they stayed, but it wasn't here.  If you want to be in the middle of no where, but still only minutes from town, this is the place to go.  Farms, open land everywhere.  Walmart 5 minutes away, lol.



We took a drive into town and Shoshone Falls.  Very pretty.  They call it the Niagra of the West.

Shoshone isn't that big, but I guess it could just be my opinion based on the perspective from the viewing grounds.  Plus the sign where you pay your $3 said the water was at medium level.  Still beautiful, though. Very narrow windy road getting to the viewing area, albeit not long.  Don't think I'd take a big motorhome down there, but people have.  They probably should have spotters like Zion does to keep two RVs from going up or down the road at the same time.  I don't think could pass each other safely. But I'm a girl... what do I know.  I guess Evil Kneivel jumped the snake river a couple miles from here.  You can hike to the spot...we didn't lol.  If you haven't visited here, though, you should.  One of natures wonders.  It does make me wonder how big Niagra Falls are though...

We had already visited the big bridge (see update #14) which is quite interesting and something we recommend.  Twin Falls is a very pretty area.

Had to leave the trailer at the dealership for the day, so what to do for 8 hours.  Decided to drive to Meridian Idaho where the closest camping world store is.  Long and lonely drive up 84.  Farms go on forever.  Like driving through Kansas only with mountains off in the distance.  Stopped at McD in Mountain Home for breakfast since they had outdoor seating.....and they bring the food toooo you.  Weird.. anyway, Scooter loved it.  Shared my eggs and a teeny bit of sausage.  His new favorite, though, is pancakes...but only with syrup.  Nope... no spoiled dog here!  It was a two hour drive, but he loves to go.
Lots of cows to bark at along the way too, so he was happy.

Spent a couple hours at camping world.  Left with a new shower head and a bucket.  A collapsable bucket no less.  Big spenders we are.  LJ got some info on satellite systems and left it at that.  We are starting to go back and forth on whether we want one or not.  I'm sure we will get it soon, because you can only site see so much before you have to watch tv lol.

We'll have to plan on a Boise area trip some time since we have a lot of friends in that area!

Made it back just in time to get the trailer...

LJ wasn't happy with how they fixed one thing, so they said no problem.  We had to bring it back the next day (yesterday) and leave it....again.  It was going to go to Freightliner to the paint shop and that would take all day.  But ok.  It is what it is.  So now what to do for a second full day.

Decided to take the chairs and iPads and go sit in the park...Rock Creek Park.  Verrrrrry nice little park by Rock Creek.  A little slice of heaven.  There's the RV park side of the creek and the park side of the creek.  We spent a little time at the RV side.  They have electric and water there for hookups.  Place was pretty much full!  You have to know it exists to even find it.

The park side of the creek is very well maintained.  Walking trails, tables, bathrooms, big shade trees.  We literally sat there for 4 hours.  Probably the most relaxing part of our day!  We both kind of laughed and said, I guess that's what homeless people do...sans the iPad, lol.  We didn't really spend that much time on it anyway.  It was quiet, cool and both of us just took it all in.  Sitting in a park for 4 hours, watching the birds, little kids on their nature hike and listening to the creek is not something
we normally would do.  We both agree the hustle and bustle of life that we have left behind has opened up new doors to the world that we never fully appreciated before.  Scooter loved it, too, except when he about lost it over seeing a cat.  I'm not sure he had ever seen one before!  Good thing he was on a short leash.  He quit barking and laid down...but was very watchful and that cat walked around the park.  Another relaxing day.  LJ said later he didn't know if he was going to be able to handle all the stress lol.

Had lunch at Culver's again since they have outside seating.  Nice hamburger place.  Another place that brings the food to you.  Scooter likes their cheese lol.  Came back to the RV park and literally sat in our shady spot, sans trailer lol.  Played on the iPad, facetimed with our daughter, walked Scooter, then off to get the trailer.  We actually managed to find stuff to do all day!




Trailer is fixed to LJ's satisfaction and we are back, set up and ready for dinner.  We went back to Golden Corral because it has such a variety and for a buffet, really is quite good.

LJs ridiculous Chicken fried steak

One of our favorite places in the area, though, is a little hole in the wall about 2 minutes from the RV park called Curry Junction.  It's on HWY 30,  just off HWY 93 and directly across from the dealership.  LJ had been told about it by a fellow camper when we were staying at Nat-Soo-Pah.  Their food is more like your gramma cooked in her kitchen than restaurant food.  We have had both breakfast and dinner there.  If you like places like The Cheesecake Factory or other chain places, this isn't for you.  But if you like a friendly atmosphere  and want to eat like you made it yourself, with simple ingredients, then try it.  It felt more like eating at home than eating out.  I loved it.  It's definitely a place to return to.

Tomorrow we head back to Winnemucca.  No place in Idaho to stay with all the Eclipse Gazers.  The parks we stayed at are full, but maintained their normal pricing.  There are some parks charging $200 A NIGHT to stay because idiots will pay it.  The local news reported the Fairfield Inn in Twin Falls, which is not in the "premium viewing zone", was charging $900 a night... and getting it.  Holy cow.  But we have business to take care of, so working our way back to Reno area.  By the end of September we should be all done with what I call "clean-up", i.e banking, DMV and doctor appointments.

But in the meantime we just keep on rollin' and we are loving every minute of it.

These Idaho farmers are pretty darn funny