Saturday, September 24, 2011

One more look at Island Park, Idaho

Besides enjoying our friends and Yellowstone, we wanted to see some of eastern Idaho. It is a very pretty place, not too crowded, and has great scenery….a place we might return to again.

We went to Harriman State Park to see the Trumpeter Swans, but there were only two and they were way across the lake. More will arrive in the next month.

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It was a nice hike though and we did see lots of ducks!

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And of course we stopped for pie and coffee!

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Another day we drove south to see the potato farms of Idaho. Idaho potatoes – right? Wrong, now its mostly hay, cattle, and wheat fields.

We saw some old grain elevators and some new corporate elevators:DSCF8071DSCF8080

We saw a few potato fields:

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And these interesting storage buildings. Always triangular and often covered with earth.

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We also saw the Grand Tetons from the west side and we would soon be moving over to the east side.

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We stopped at Mesa Falls to see another view of Idaho. It’s a great state with lots to see and we have only just touched it!

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A note to our readers, family, and friends:

I am way behind in my blogging. We were in Island Park in early September. It is now late September and we are in Wyoming. But I will catch us up and probably fall behind again!!

Hope you are all doing well and keeping your life all caught up!

3 comments:

Wanderin' said...

Idaho is absolutely gorgeous and so are your photos. Hope to see you on the road again!

Alan and Marilyn McMillan said...

Unfortunately, I fall behind on my blog all the time -- catch up, fall behind...it's just a vicious circle. ID is on our list...we made it to the Tetons last year -- we should've crossed over into ID but didn't. Enjoy your travels!

Ron and Belinda said...

Great photos,I am from Idaho so made me a little homesick. Been to Yellowstone many times as a kid, and once with Ron. By the way I'm always behind on my blogging. Not much to blog about right now besides Grandkids.