Burns to Idaho Falls

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Dick at the Snake River as we crossed over into Idaho

Burns was cold last night...down to 29 degrees.  When we started out at 7am there was a most beautiful full moon just setting over the hills.  We heated the frost off our windows and our little focus took us eastward.  We saw deer grazing in the fields and more antelope herds enjoying the alfalfa before the harvest.  Then it was over Stinkwater Pass into the Harney Basin, then over Drinkwater Pass into the Malheur River Valley.  Hwy 20 is excellent and no traffic.....the road belonged to us.  The sky is bright blue, but the horizen is filled with hazy blue hills and Rocky mesa type formations.  We followed the Malheur River from Juntura to Ontario spotting an occasional mama duck with her ducklings.  Entering the Ontario valley we see fields of onions and more onions, surgar beets, sorghum, and some feed lots.  A huge waterline  perhaps 6 feet in diameter coming from Owyhee Reservoir across the valley to irrigate fields on other side of valley.
Finally we cross the Mighty Snake River and into Idaho following I-84  with speed limit of 75 mph.  We gased up at Mt. Home after 230 miles and only put in about 5 gallons. our little focus gave us 43.3 miles per gallon..........double wow!!  We drove through the craters of the Moon.  The miles and miles of lava are the result of Rifts and fissures oozing the lava all over the area....not the usual volcano source.
We're now camped out on the 3rd floor suite of the Marriott Motel having eaten a great salad at the Olive Garden.  We're having fun and feeling Great.  Tomorrow we hope to hit Jackson Hole, the Tetons, and Yellowstone, and maybe Bosman.