Here are some more pictures from our Day 11 ride as we continue to follow Rt 30E (The Oregon Trail) from Mountain Home to Twin Falls. We were most taken with the gently rolling hills, the lush farmland, and the beautiful skies. Even the desert sagebrush, with a little irrigation water, makes for plush fields as you see below.
Irrigation Water from the Snake River turns the desert into lush cropland
A Prosperous farm beyond the sagebrush in front
The same farm a little further down the road with new mown wheat swept in broad rows.
Irrigation Water from the Snake River turns the desert into lush cropland
A Prosperous farm beyond the sagebrush in front
The same farm a little further down the road with new mown wheat swept in broad rows.
Barry pointing to a center pivot irrigation system, plentiful in Idaho. We enjoyed a cool shower in the 85 degree afternoon heat.
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| More Center Pivots - Idaho has a great irrigation system... |
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| Mike and Barry passing a Dairy Farm....the first of many in Idaho |
We found one stretch of 20 miles or so with one Dairy Farm after another. These are very large dairy operations with hundreds of Cows. Here you see a lineup of Holsteins (a breed known for giving lots of milk) at their afternoon feeding.
Holsteins are also known as "Black and Whites". In California, black and white is the color of the Highway Patrol cars, commonly known as "Highway Holsteins" after this breed of cattle. Here is a another big dairy farm with shaded corals. The cows gather under these to beat the afternoon heat.
Here we are looking back at the Snake River at Twin Falls. Tomorrow we will get a better look at the River and the spot where daredevil Evel Knievel jumped the Snake River Canyon in his rocket propelled motorcycle. More on this tomorrow.
Here is he bridge over the Snake River as we entered Twin Falls. Modern day daredevils are using this bridge for parachuting. More on this tomorrow.
Barry and Mike finishing up a long day (102 miles). In spite of our delayed start and missed turns, this turnout to be one of our very best days.
So we were glad to arrive in one piece at our Best Western to enjoy a good dinner and relax before Friday's ride to Burley Idaho. We are inching our way across Idaho. As we said earlier, yard by yard, life is hard....inch by inch, it's a cinch. A little corny, but we are very aware as the miles tick away each day, that we are slowly covering America. What a beautiful land.
More tomorrow...
Best to All,
ME
Mike, I'm following your rides like I would be following coverage of the Tour. Maybe we should rename this the Tour de Mike. No, we should call this the Tour, and that other one the Tour de France. Really enjoying your posts. Looking forward to tomorrow's ride, probably not like you and you'd riding pals, but it's been great to follow your descriptions and photos.
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