For our fall trip we decided to look for fall colors in the Tetons, and
Yellowstone National Parks. We departed after Labor Day weekend to avoid the rush of people enjoying the last long weekend before school started. We traveled down Interstate 5 to Salem and then turned east so that we could stop in Bend to have lunch and visit with Jane Black. We are not sure why we forgot to snap a picture. After a fun visit and nice lunch with Jane, we headed on east on the less traveled roads through John Day and made it to Ontario, Oregon on the Oregon border.
The weather was iffy but we avoided rain most of the day. We found a nice motel with a senior discount and internet for the night. The next morning we crossed the border into Idaho headed for the roads less traveled into the Sawtooth Mountains. As we left the desert along the Snake river we observed this reservoir with a
fountain. Our travels took us on many curvy roads through Stanley, Ketchum and Shoshone before rejoining the freeway near Twin Falls. As we traveled further east toward Pocatello we had an outstanding sunset in our rear view mirror. The camera just cannot capture the colors, but we tried. The next morning we traveled further east towards the Rocky Mountains and stopped at a wonderful museum at Montpelier, Idaho. While we were there, it rained very hard and we wondered what we were in for. As we drove north from Montpelier toward the Tetons the weather was very changeable and we experienced rain,
snow, hail and wind. We found a nice motel for the night just south of Jackson. The weatherman predicted one more day of questionable weather and then a return to dry and warm days.. We sure hoped he was right as we heard the wind and rain outside.
Yellowstone National Parks. We departed after Labor Day weekend to avoid the rush of people enjoying the last long weekend before school started. We traveled down Interstate 5 to Salem and then turned east so that we could stop in Bend to have lunch and visit with Jane Black. We are not sure why we forgot to snap a picture. After a fun visit and nice lunch with Jane, we headed on east on the less traveled roads through John Day and made it to Ontario, Oregon on the Oregon border. 
The weather was iffy but we avoided rain most of the day. We found a nice motel with a senior discount and internet for the night. The next morning we crossed the border into Idaho headed for the roads less traveled into the Sawtooth Mountains. As we left the desert along the Snake river we observed this reservoir with a 
fountain. Our travels took us on many curvy roads through Stanley, Ketchum and Shoshone before rejoining the freeway near Twin Falls. As we traveled further east toward Pocatello we had an outstanding sunset in our rear view mirror. The camera just cannot capture the colors, but we tried. The next morning we traveled further east towards the Rocky Mountains and stopped at a wonderful museum at Montpelier, Idaho. While we were there, it rained very hard and we wondered what we were in for. As we drove north from Montpelier toward the Tetons the weather was very changeable and we experienced rain, 
snow, hail and wind. We found a nice motel for the night just south of Jackson. The weatherman predicted one more day of questionable weather and then a return to dry and warm days.. We sure hoped he was right as we heard the wind and rain outside.
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