The long and winding road...Part II

This has got to be the longest downslope stretch of highway I've ever been on! Check out the Flickr link to the right and you can see the number of photos I took from the top, not too far from Grangeville, ID, to the bottom, down by the Salmon River, and from we could gather, not all that far from Hell's Canyon. According to a historic stop near the top, the site of the Battle of White Bird Canyon is also here. This was a battle between the US Army and the Nez Perce nation that happened on June 17, 1877. Seems that the discovery of gold may have had something to do with events leading up to this US Army defeat.

This stretch is on Hwy 95, south of Grangeville, and goes on for nine miles! I hope they don't get too much snow in these parts -- travel in winter could be downright nasty!

The start of today's journey left us a little concerned that we would be in for more like yesterday. However, the highway was good, there was no construction, and we motored along quite nicely. The first couple hours were in the hills like what you see in this photo, but although we traveled alongside the river as we did yesterday, the hills weren't as 'tightly' squeezed together, which meant the curves weren't quite as dicey. The final couple hours was mostly flat, with the odd stretch that went up over a large hill.

We pulled into the Ambassador RV Park in Caldwell, ID at about 2:30 p.m. MUCH better than arriving at 7:30 p.m! By 3:00, we were set up, and sitting outside, under the awning in the 37C (99F) degree heat. Yes, the AC was going full-bore inside the motorhome. We sat outside for a couple hours, and I even dozed, but then the heat (even in the shade) got to be too much, and I had to seek the relief of the AC.

After barbecuing steaks for supper (yum, they were good!), we went to find Gerry's favourite diversion -- Walmart. Picked up a couple things for the motorhome, as we're still discovering little things that will make this much easier -- like special bars for the fridge to keep things from falling out when we open the door after a bouncy journey like yesterday's. Tonight, I loaded the pics from yesterday and today into my Flickr site.

We're staying here until Sunday. Our next planned stop in Winnemucca, NV, but they have a huge softball tournament there this weekend with about 100 teams, so we figured finding a spot to camp for tomorrow night would be beyond impossible. We'll get there Sunday. It's supposed to be hot, hot, hot here, there and in Reno for the next several days. I think a good chunk of tomorrow just might have to be spent in the pool here at the Ambassador...

Life is good. (now that I'm no longer on the long and winding road...)