The Big Picture
This country is big. It's very big. In fact it's vast. It takes a long time to travel between two points on a map.  You can drive in a straight line at 70mph for about 20 minutes! The roads are wide though and with the old cruise control, it's a simple matter of staying awake at the wheel! Simple? Mmmm! Well I could go on but that's the country observation commentary over for now I'm afraid.

Our trip from Salmon down to Twin Falls was largely uneventful, albeit we drove a long way across a landscape akin to that which one finds in Lanzarote (very expansive flat areas comprising of volcanic rock and craters). The bridge we crossed to enter Twin Falls however deserved another look. It crosses a great canyon with the 'Snake River' meandering below and we ventured out very early next morning (for us!) ariving to take some photo's 'before' sun-up! You see - Jan 'can' get up early when she want's to!!

 


After a hearty breakfast, we checked out of the hotel and headed for Jackson. The first 200 miles or so of this section to just beyond Idaho Falls is pretty dull it has to be said. 

Weather was pretty wet the whole way to Jackson yesterday but there was something special and rather appropriate about ariving in 'Rainey Creek' in the rain and we just had to indulge ourselves at the country store - the 'home of the square ice cream'. The maple and walnut in a waffle cone was amazing!

And just in case you were wondering - one of these was Jan's!



Then the scenery picked up and we found ourselves travelling alongside a river (and a massive man-made lake) back in mountain territory. Highlights for us were seeing a Beaver by the side of the road, and a well grown Osprey chic sitting in it's nest atop a telegraph pole.

So we are now in Jackson. Here for 4 nights and deserving of a rest. We will Probably wander out later to check-out the local countryside (which looks incredible as it is on the edge of the Teton National Park) and get some grub. We will put the microwave in our room to use  as prices are a little higher to eat out here than other places we have visited and we have to make the funds last!