Idaho

People talk about Idaho like it's either the most amazing state in the union, or alternatively hell on Earth. I took my first little trip to Idaho today. I'm in Montana for the weekend at Yellowstone, but to get here we had to travel through Idaho. I guess we went through Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Rexburg. I must say that I am not impressed with the Idaho I have seen thus far. My impression of Idaho is that it is actually a very flat place. I expected it to be these fantastic mountains and great views. We didn't see much of that. Sometimes there appeared to be mountains way off in the distance which leads me to suspect that there may be better parts to that state, but I have yet to see them. Montana seems lovely. Although I'm quite certain that I would not think so once it starts to snow. I think I like Utah better, especially southern Utah.

Speaking of...Cousin Glen and I took yet another little road trip the other day down to Laverkin to drop off Cousin Gile. It's an experience I am certain that I will never forget. Gile and Jared should road trip together. In fact, Glen started calling Gile "Jared" after Gile yelled at us a few times to hurry it up. Gile insisted on riding in the passenger seat, and then further insisted that he was not falling asleep. He was snoring. He did wake up in time to tell us stories about his neighbors, and specfically the task force that was camped out on the mountain in his backyard spying on his neighbor. When questioned a little more closely it came out that his buddy/neighbor had managed to procure a large amount of C4 and was preparing to blow up an old mine shaft. I can't say that I've ever had a task force show up in my backyard, and to my knowledge none of my neighbors have ever purchased C4. My life is very boring, perhaps I need to move to Southern Utah.