1) Its a small town of about 40,000 folks...yet it seemed a bustling metropolis. There were greater shopping opportunities than my home town of San Angelo of 100,000. And the stores were packed! It was a nice change of pace from the depression of the Midwest.
2) Its flat...except for the gigantic canyon right outside of town. Its so big that there's a golf course on the canyon floor, and BASE jumping from the canyon-crossing bridge is legal year round. Note: for those possibly concerned, we did NOT jump.
3) Its in the middle of nowhere...outside of being just a three hour drive from Preston, ID which just happens to be the setting of my fifth favorite movie in the WHOLE WORLD: Napolean Dynamite! Note: for those possibly concerned, we DID visit and we've got the pictures to prove it.
I'm certain we ranked high on the creepy scale, driving by houses 3 to 4 times in about a 2 minute span with a woman hanging out the window taking pictures, and sitting in the Big J Burgers carrying on a fascinating conversation of: "Hey, give me some of your tots," "No, go find your own." Yeah, that was an awesomely fun and depressing side trip. While I'm sure the locals knew about ND, they somehow seemed not to care that they were living in the center of my dorky-verse.
On to the trail towards Oregon...
Finally an update; I was afraid you were permanently at Grand Teton and I wanted more pictures! Crater Lake looks awesome; lucky you decided not to wait to take pictures!
ReplyDeleteShahhh. My favorite animal is Ligre, cross between a lion and tiger. Did you get any pictures of those? Geez.
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