Day Two - Monday June 27, 2005

The weather is definitely NOT summer-like. We ran into thunderstorms today on the way to Boise to stay with Terry’s sister, Ossalina and her husband Ron. It is definitely a backroads trip going between Winnemucca and Boise. The roads were pretty empty except for trucks.

We stopped at the Rockhouse in Jordan Valley, OR. It’s the last town in southeastern Oregon before the Idaho border, so there are services, and hotels for folks too tired to continue on to Boise. The Rockhouse is a really nice outpost of art-farty stuff. Caffeine drinks, local crafts, and a selection of books on the area (lots on Lewis and Clark) are available.

We had a quick lunch with Ossalina before she went to work. After a nap, I spent some time setting up this blog site. A HUGE thunderstorm came in. Very exciting, but we’ll see how exciting it is tomorrow when I’m driving up to Kalispell, MT in it. It was time for dinner. We went out to an old favorite, Rockies Diner with Ron. Rockies is very vintage 50s complete with waitresses on rollerskates.

Here are some pics from after the thunderstorm (Leroy took the picture of me):