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Island Park, ID Oct. 5

Today was a scenic travel day. No museums. No natural science buildings. No informational tours. Just driving along the east central scenic byways of Idaho. Leaving Soda Springs, we passed the phosphate mines and processing facilities. The fall colors were just the aspen yellow, not the rich red and orange of yesterday. Most of the route was in the valleys between mountains. We saw the west side of the Tetons with their snow capped peaks. We crossed the Snake River several times. No gravel roads but multiple rural roads that had no shoulders and no center lines. Roads that were so minor they did not show up on any state map.

The only sites of any significance were Upper and Lower Mesa Falls. Lower Mesa Falls is 65 feet tall while Upper Mesa Falls is 114. The two waterfalls are the last prominent waterfalls on the Snake River to resist human control.

Our lodging for the next two nights is a Springhill Suites in Island Park, Idaho, just west of West Yellowstone. Tomorrow will head in for a day of seeing the sights of Yellowstone National Park.

For the rest of this blog post, we will just make it a pictorial journey.

Ed and Chris, Island Park, Idaho, October 5