Dave
Well-known member
I was mistaken, miscalculated, misinformed, and just plain wrong in my thinking. I decided we needed to take a drive to somewhere that the wife had never been. So yesterday I decided to make a loop through Idaho. Payette to Emmett to Horseshoe Bend, then north through Cascade and Donnelly to McCall. Have lunch in McCall. Then to New Meadows, Council, Cambridge, finally to Weiser. Then back to I-84 and home. I forgot that this was the first day of a three day weekend. Of course when you are retired every day is the first day of a three day weekend. When we went to turn north on highway 55 at Horseshoe Bend it was bumper to bumper traffic for as far as you could see, people escaping Boise headed north. At McCall we stopped at the first place to eat we saw. When we left there a short distance to the main down town area of McCall. Both side walks were solid people and there wasn't a parking place for a mile. I was amazed at how much McCall had grown since I was last there. The population for the town is listed at about 3,000. There was probably twice that many tourists in town. Here we were a couple of people who live in a very remote area out for a scenic drive. We run into thousands of city dwellers who think they have really gotten out into the hills. We were sure glad to get home. Lessons learned. 1. Stay home on holiday weekends. 2. Stay away from tourist areas on any weekend. 3. 8 hours is a long drive when you get to be our age. 4. Stop more often to get out and stretch the legs (which is difficult to do when driving in solid traffic) 5. We already live where it is peaceful and quiet. Why would we want to get away.