Day 53

This morning we hit the road at 8:37 and continued on through farms, dairies, & ranches. The landscape was dry & flat; it was a patchwork of dark brown tilled earth and golden fields where crops had already been harvested. There were also some really beautiful homes on some of the farms. After a while, it started looking like Arizona or Nevada – rolling mountains with high desert brush. We did have one more steep climb and got back into a forest but that didn’t last long, the road went back down. At 10:27, we crossed the 45th parallel (half way between the Equator and the North Pole).

We got to Boise and not only were there miles of road construction; there was a lot of traffic. We didn’t expect Boise to be that busy! Heavy traffic is no fun when you’re pulling a trailer. As we drove, we crossed the Snake River multiple times. It is aptly named because it certainly snakes across the countryside.

Tonight we’re in an RV park in Declo ID; it’s right on the Snake River.