First major trip of the year! We are traveling to visit Shellie's sister, Kim, and her family in Oregon just west of Boise, ID. The plan is to stay at her house in Ontario, OR for a few days then go to McCall, Idaho for a few days.
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| Austin airport COVID style |
On Wednesday we left Austin - flew to Phoenix and then up to Boise. The planes were fairly packed, but the airports were less busy than normal - Austin, especially. Phoenix as a major hub was pretty busy. We got in at 8:30 pm and didn't do too much other than visit with the immediate family - Kim, Doug, and Orin. We stopped at the store and bought a huge bag of Ore-Ida fries to make at home. It never dawned on me that Ore-Ida was Oregon-Idaho.
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| View from the farmhouse where we stayed |
DAY 1 - Hell's Canyon, jet boat, scenic drive, bald eagle
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| Hell's Canyon, Snake River, Oregon-Idaho border |
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| Bald eagle on the cliff (must squint) |
On Thursday, we did a day trip up to Hell's Canyon on the Oregon-Idaho border. It was about a 2 1/2 hour drive each way to the canyon and back, mostly on windy roads that border the Snake River. Our destination was Hell's Canyon Adventures to take a jet boat (a huge pontoon boat with jet propulsion) that would take us 27 miles down the river, over Class I-IV rapids. The ride was pretty expensive, but relaxing - a lot of canyon scenery - we saw a couple of bald eagles and going through the rapids was fun. We had a nice lunch and then headed back UP the rapids. On the last Class IV rapid, we had to try twice to get up it.
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Idaho candy bar - like Almond Joy,
but no Almonds and minimal Joy |
After driving 2.5 hrs back home, we ate pretty good Mexican at El Erradero in Ontario, then went home and played with the grand-nephew Conley (1 year old boy) and played Scrabble Slam.
DAY 2 - Friday at Wahooz
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| Small fries in Idaho ;) |
We spent the day at Wahooz - a family entertainment complex with bowling, go-karts, and other fun activities. The boys got dizzy on the indoor spinny-ride. See the video.
After Wahooz, we came back home and played volleyball with friends. Brooke learned how to play Rook.
DAY 3 - Saturday skiing and tubing at Lake Owyhee
Today we went to the nearby
Lake Owhyee, a reservoir nestled among huge rock formations. Besides being very picturesque, the water was very calm compared to our Austin lakes, being protected by the large walls surrounding the lake. It was also relatively empty with plenty of room for boating. Both kids did tubing and Bix tried wakeboarding. It was a very relaxing day - I got a little sunburned, but no big deal.
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| Chillin' on our small private beach |
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| Shellie and Kim hanging out |
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