It was a disaster.
It snowed from Moscow to the Boise foothills. It would have been really beautiful--if I was sitting by a fireside drinking hot chocolate looking out a window. Which I was not.
I guess it wasn't entirely a disaster. I didn't crash or otherwise injure myself. I also didn't hit end up with a hawk or any other wildlife embedded headfirst in my grill (apparently this has happened to someone else). I did get lost, I did run late. I was, in fact, late to my own talk. But, it is kind of hard core to drive seven hours in the snow, walk into a room, plug in a flash drive, and start talking! So there!
The drive home was lovely. It did eventually snow--there was a little black snowcloud hovering right over Genesee, causing two run-off-the-road single vehicle embarrassing sort of accidents. Fortunately, I was not one of them.
Here are some of the highlights of my drive--home, that is!
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| Boise foothills |
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| Payette River |
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| Yes, this is a main north-south road in Idaho! |
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| Payette Lake, McCall |
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| Snowline on the buttes |
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| Just south of Riggins |
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| I like elk, buffalo, and gyros, I've just never thought about them in the same sentence before! |
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| Gotta love a north-south time zone change. |
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| Salmon River |
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| Another view of the Salmon |
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| Near the top of Whitebird grade |
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| Well, it could be worse. This is the old road! |
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| Camas Prairie |
