East Table to Bully Creek

It wasn't as cold here in the Targhee National Forest, and we made a nice cooking fire with the free firewood (collecting is OK here).


The snake river is some sort of highway for the birds; here are some pelicans passing through.

I used warm water for washing my hair (mixed cold with boiling water). This worked great until Lena forgot to mix in the cold water at rinse time -- Ow!

The views on our drive through Idaho were similar to some of the Windows wallpapers. Click on this image, and you'll notice that some of these clouds had a funnel-type shape. This was due to rain falling out of the cloud. It resulted in very isolated showers.

We stopped in Arco, Idaho for another buffalo burger. According to some, Buffalo is more healthy for you. I didn't notice any difference in taste.

Lena insisted on playing on the local submarine.
This is what happens when you leave the camera in movie mode instead of photo mode.

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Next was a quick detour to Craters of the Moon National Monument. This would have been boring, but as you can see, the whole place is set to 1/6 of normal gravity, making it hard to walk.

This is one place where overweight tourists have an advantage.

The clouds are better here in Idaho than at home, and many have recognizable shapes (this photo is unretouched).

We drove all the way through Idaho before we started looking for camping. Vale, Oregon is where we stopped for dinner at a Mexican restaurant that could have been in Tijuana.


We had no idea where we'd camp, and there were no campgrounds on the map, but soon after dinner, we happened on a sign for Bully Creek Reservoir state park that had camping, and once again, got the very last campsite.


This place was very well maintained and neat, except for the bathrooms. These, in contrast, were straight out of a third world country with peeling paint and slimy floor surfaces. They also smelled of rotting fish, because the fish cleaning station adjoined the bathroom.

Here's a picture of the shower. This picture will be relevant for the next post, so keep it in mind.

After we got camp set up, I went for a short bike ride.

After a nice sunset, we went to bed. Since it was Saturday, and this was a party-type campground, there was lots of drinking and celebrating going on. Our earplugs blocked all that out, and we slept well.

Stay tuned to find out who slept in the bathroom and why.