Last Day in Boise, Idaho

The weather changed drastically today. From the 80's and 90's of the last few days, we woke to temps in the 60's and grey skies. It was raining to the south, courtesy of a system rotating over Oregon. The prediction is: Rain.

Our plan for today was to drive some 70-odd miles south to visit the Queen of Idaho's ghost towns, Silver City. This once prosperous mining town still has a functioning hotel and restaurant/bar, so thousands of off-road enthusiasts, motorcyclists, and tourists of all sort flock there on a nice summer day for lunch. Donna packed us a lunch in anticipation, but then the rain arrived. Not to be dissuaded, we set off anyway, toward Jordan Valley, the jumping off place for miles of dirt road leading to the town. Jordan Valley was named for Michael M. Jordan, a prospector from the 19th century. The population of this farming community is roughly 150 hardy souls.

Jordan Valley is in Oregon, just across the Idaho line, and after driving some 64 miles to get there, we discovered that an inch of rain had made the 13 mile dirt road into Silver City impassible for our little suv. Well, it was a nice trip anyway. Should have bought the Can Am....

Another weather cell was approaching, so we left town in a hurry...

While north, toward our "home", things were a little bit better.

Just staying ahead of the weather cell, we slipped into Caldwell. A quick walk with Sasha, and a return to the motorhome just in time.

Somewhat annoying, this day, but seeing some new country was interesting. We'll be packing up tomorrow morning, heading east to see more new stuff!