March 2013 vacation complete

16 days, 4,196 miles - what a great vacation. Here are all the links together for your armchair viewing!
Enjoy -

Post 1  http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/04/yakima-canyon-run.html

Post 2   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/04/march-2013-vacation-part-2-wa-ore-ca.html

Post 3   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/04/kingsbury-grade-to-lake-tahoe.html

Post 4   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/05/bridgeport-and-bishop.html

Post 5   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/05/big-pine-area.html

Post 6   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/06/desert-in-bloom.html

Post 7   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-flagstaff.html

Post 8    http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/06/hwy-261-utahs-thrilling-drive.html

Post 9    http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/06/utahs-high-country-and-moose-sighting.html

Post 10   http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2013/06/heading-home.html

Thanks for taking the time to go on our travels with us, hope you enjoyed it as much as me!

Heading home

March 2013 vacation: part 10 - from hwy 89 we took hwy 30 west at Soda Springs Idaho and headed towards Pocatello on  I-15. At I-15 we jumped onto I-86/84 which took us to Boise (whew lots of road #'s huh! - you never know you might want to retrace our route). Just outside of Boise is hwy 55 & The Payette Scenic Byway, one of our favorite roads in Utah..

Many more frozen lakes were on this stretch of the road as well. We also saw Sandhill cranes by the frozen lake between Cascade and Donnelly. One of the largest frozen lakes on hwy 55 was at McCall. 

The Payette Lake.

The road down hill from McCall to Meadows is quick, steep, & windy. Whew!

We enjoyed watching kayakers having fun on the Little Salmon river from Meadows to Riggins on hwy 95.

We stayed on hwy 95 all the way to Moscow, Idaho, then headed to Washington on hwy 8/270/26 to Othello. Got in to Othello very late at night, ready for bed. We continued our back roads route, from hwy 26 we got onto hwy 17 to Ephrata, hwy 28 to Quincy and then meandered down the Palisades road near Wenatchee.

side trip fun near the Palisades road

Then on to hwy 2 to Leavenworth.

in Leavenworth

Needless to say our dog Lexis who was vacationing at the kennel -

was super glad to see us, we just had to take her on a much deserved welcome home walk -

Total days gone 16, total miles driven 4,196.