Well we are here in American Falls ID at Massacre Rock State Park and it is a beautiful park, let me tell you! Our campsite is right along the Snake River on the lower loop. We left Vegas yesterday around 3:30pm to head to California but the route was way too long. So unfortunately we didn't make California on this trip. Sorry Ms. Nancy, we will have to come and visit your husband's library and museum on the rebound. We went down The Strip in Vegas and it was amazing how many travelers were there. Mike and I got our pictures made at the famous " Welcome To Las Vegas" sign. We even went to the world largest Harley Dealer which is in Vegas! We didn't want to leave but we had to.
Since we didn't make Cali, we went North in Nevada through the desert mountains. It was surprisingly not bad, weather wise. We took some really neat pictures of the countryside as we rode up Hwy 93. Now we believe there are more jack rabbits in Nevada than people! One stayed in the middle of the road as Mike and I passed it. It was between our motors! He was a daring little critter! Mike a few nights ago hit a jack rabbit with his crash bar on the bike going down the road and last night I hit one with my crash bar. So we are even now...haha!
We stayed in Ely NV last night and got up this morning around 8:30am and hit the road towards Twin Falls ID. We got stopped in traffic for about 15 mins. because they were doing road construction. What was really nice was that the flag lady holding the stop sign, asked us bikers to come to the front of the traffic so we could get on down the road when the pilot car got there. When we got through the construction, we rocked the throttles and got on up the road! It's amazing how fast you can go in the desert and no body bothers you! We passed a NV State Trooper and he just waved at us and kept going. I guess because there were so many bikers on the road heading to Sturgis for the Bike Rally, he didn't bother stopping anyone.
So we headed on into Twin Falls ID and got caught in the rain and yes, it hailed on us again! So we pulled into this Chevron Station and these guys let us park our motors under the canopy and come in while we waited out the storm. The interesting thing about this gas station was that the attendants actually would go out and pump the customer's gas for them. Talkin' about something you don't see anymore! They said that they were the only service station known in Idaho that does it. After the storm stopped, Mike and I mounted our motors and rode to the Harley Shop since we were less than a mile away. It was a nice dealership and the staff was really friendly. After we spent about 20 minutes there, we got on the road and headed to American Falls Idaho where we are staying tonight. It rained on us as we were about 5 miles from our destination but we made it got our tent set up and getting ready to bed down for the night. We have an early start tomorrow, we are heading to Sturgis South Dakota. So Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument and Sturgis Bike Rally HERE WE COME!
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I promise to try to get the other pictures that we have taken since the first set posted tomorrow when we get to our campground. Oh, if you are wondering, this State Park does have Wi-Fi that's how we were able to post on the blog tonight. Until tomorrow, you all keep praying for us that we continue to have a safe journey and keep the comments coming! We like seeing what you have written!
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