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South Lake Tahoe, CA to Yellowstone National Park, WY

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We left South Lake Tahoe on a cold and overcast Wednesday and headed for Winnemucca in Nevada for a one night stay. Part of the journey was on Hwy 50 which has been nicknamed "The Loneliest Road" in the USA. At times we drove for miles without meeting another vehicle or seeing any form of human life. 


The Loneliest Road

Winnemucca appeared to consist of a main strip filled with small casinos, motels and eating houses. It was difficult to appreciate the surrounding landscape due to the persistent
overcast conditions. 
Winnemucca

We carried on to Idaho, our third State for a two night stay in Twin Falls. We experienced many types of weather on our journey - overcast skies, extremely low cloud, rain, strong winds and recent snow on the sides of the roads on our 290 mile trip through some very high country. 

  
Overcast weather

Snowy mountain tops in the clouds

On Friday we visited the Shoshone Falls Park to catch a view of the falls cascading 212 feet down from the rim of the canyon into the Snake River. Unfortunately we didn't see them at their best time  which is in the Springtime. Nevertheless the views were wonderful. 




The Snake River
Shoshone Falls
We then went to see the Snake River as it flowed through the canyon from another viewpoint near the Perrine Bridge. 



                                                                                     Perrine Bridge


Sylvia with Ira Perrine
It was close to this spot that Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon back in 1974 on his special "rocket" motorcycle. He didn't make it very far, but the attempt was impressive nonetheless, considering the canyon is a 1/4 mile wide and 500 feet deep in that spot. 



                                                                                   Snake River Canyon

On Saturday we drove to Idaho Falls for one night before we moved on to Yellowstone National Park.
Clearly Idaho Falls would like to see us again.


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  1. On the Road with T and S24 September 2017 at 14:15

    Great scenery despite having almost four seasons in one day. Good to see healthy breakfast being served.

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