Idaho, United States

... Three days ago, I finished my posting that saying that we were On the Road Again.... to Yellowstone National Park. Well, this was the intent.

After a comfortable night in Motel 8 in Bend, we rode up to Ontario, Oregon. Nothing special on the road. We stopped the following day in Boise to do some maintenance on Alain's bike. We met with Henry Louie, one of the owner of the BMW store. He is 83 years old and used to race motorcycles.

We are now in Idaho and honestly, neither Alain and I were expecting anything about this state. We would even have had a hard time positioning it on the United States map. Anyway, this has been a surprise, As Idaho has many scenic, historic and back country byways. We travelled through 3 of them starting with :

which takes youfrom Boise, through Idaho city to Lowman and ends in Stanley.

and we finally ended our scenic viewing with the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway.

We had stopped last night in the city of Arco in a motel as we had decided that on our way to Yellowstone, we would stop to the Craters of the Moon National Monument.

After 2 great days of camping with a reasonable temperature, one more time today, we had snow on our way to the Craters of the Moon National Monument, and we... never made it. Too cold, too much snow... As I was riding my motorcycle through the snow this morning, I had to lift the glass of my helmet, but it was snowing so hard that it was hitting my face. I had to slow down to the first gear to be able to see... Fortunately, the visitor center of the park was opened and we took shelter for an hour or so. So this is alll we have seen of the Craters of the Moon National Monument !

So we have now decided to skip Yellowstone at least for the time being. In the end, we road over 520 kilometers today in the cold and wind... We are staying in a Motel 8 tonight in Evanston, Wyoming... Who would ever have thought we would Wyoming one day. For me, at least, it's cowboy country with the settlers and their wagons, in vast plains and buffalos and indians like below :

 In fact, these plains are high plateaus. I am not sure yet about the buffalos and indians, but will keep you posted if I see any.

By the way, today we met two wonderful ladies on a parking lot. They are travelling together in their van,  through the United States. Hello Aunt Pattie and Julie ! here you are :

Tomorrow, we are On the Road Again...