Russells on the Road - Day 3

Day three: Even though we pulled in to our campsite late last night after midnight, neighbors this morning said they didn't hardly hear us. Fellow RV'ers are so nice. The friendly Vermont man at the site next to us shared that he was recently diagnosed with a thickened heart condition with 2-5 years to live. So he and his wife bought a camper and headed out on a month-long vacation.

We are over halfway to our destination now. Chris mapped out a shorter day today, only 260 miles, from Provo, Utah to Eden, Idaho, which is near Twin Falls. This five-hour day was such a contrast from yesterday, shorter and not as scenic; a desolate, hot, boring, drive along the interstate.

We saw our first snow of the trip on distant mountains in Utah. There must be a heatwave going on because temperatures are still in the 90s. Where is that cooler weather? Onward we plod in search of it.

While on the road I keep busy with a book I'm reading, or writing this blog, or on my iPhone: googling places we are seeing, monitoring the weather, tracking our progress on the maps app, checking Facebook. I have to remind myself to pay attention to the view! It was probably a gift yesterday when I had no cell phone service in the remote parts of Utah where the spectacular scenery was.

We arrived at the campground in Idaho early enough to go visit the beautiful Shoshone waterfalls along the majestic Snake River. Not all of the Idaho landscape is boring.

Day three ended with a pleasant sunset-viewing and cocktails at the campground and the nice feeling of being able to sleep in the same bed every night of our trip.