On the Road 2007; Oregon, Idaho

Our Satellite is up and running, we're online 24-7. From Salt Lake City we are heading west on I-84 through Idaho and Oregon.


We are sitting smack in the middle of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, thank goodness for a treaty 150 years ago between the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes, we feel safe…

Hundreds of years ago, this tribe’s subsistence came from fishing the Columbia River, hunting elk, deer, and gathering plant foods, however, in the 21st century, their main subsistence is gathering the coins from the slot machines of their casinos…



We are on our morning walk around the Umatilla Indian Reservation, this is a neat place with a golf course and walking trails and breathtaking scenery as far as the eye can see. Flash back several hundred years ago and imagine what pristine beauty this land must have been. Also, imagine you are riding your horse and as you come over the next ridge and look down into the valley, you see thousands of Tatankas (bison-Lakoda language) grazing...WOW!



This was our first stop in Idaho next to the famous Snake River. We will follow the Snake to the point where it dumps into the Columbia River and turn northwest to Washington and the cherry orchards. Yummy.



This is a picture of the Boise Courthouse in Idaho City, which is still operating. Idaho City was once an 1860’s famous mining camp, it had a population of six thousand and was being considered as the territorial capital. Never mind the power lines, those came much later...




This is a picture of us at beautiful Stanley Lake, Idaho at a elevation of 6537 feet. Isn't this a drop-dead gorgeous view of the north face of the Sawtooth Mountains? While there,we met Denny and Marlene Erlandson, who are the camp hosts, we had a great visit and he said the lake was famous for rainbow and lake trout fishing. Shucks, there I was without my fishing pole and my dress-up shirt on!



The Sawtooth Mountains and the Wilderness Areas (217,088 acres) cannot be seen when you are driving west on I-84, you must turn north through Hailey and Ketchum on I-75, it has long been recognized for their exceptional beauty and wild qualities. The Sawtooth Mountains are comprised of hundreds of jagged peaks, 42 over 10,000 feet in height, with hundreds of high alpine lakes and tranquil basins. Within this dazzling landscape lie the headwaters of three major rivers, South Fork of the Payette, North, and Middle Fork of the Boise, and Salmon River. All brimming with fish waiting to elude the fly fishing angler.

That was our day trip, we drove from the other side of the Sawtooth Mountains to the farthest point (right) of the picture and up through the entire valley,Ketchum, Hailey and back to Caldwell on I-84. Donna did all of the driving and I took at least three naps...

Next stop is the Yakama Indian Nation RV Park in Toppenish, WA.