IDAHO FALLS and the SNAKE RIVER in IDAHO

Monday, June 22nd we began our trip to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.  Not liking the prices of the lodge in Yellowstone, we opted to stay over two nights in Idaho Falls, Idaho, before and after going to Yellowstone on Tuesday.
After arriving in Idaho Falls and while waiting for our room to become available, we took our packed lunch to a park along the Snake River.  It was beautiful and so restful.

We did not have to share our lunch!

The children were sure enjoying the bears.

 There were many interesting benches about and several different animals.

This was our view across the Snake River.

We were pleased to see the stone
with the Ten Commandments on display!

Did you know this?

We also drove around a bit and saw the Falls and ran across a Museum.

We also found an interesting intersection round-about.

There were several business buildings that were very attractive.

And then the local History Museum, though we were not permitted to take any pictures inside.  They also had a traveling display of Pirates of the Whydah, a ship that sank off the New England coast in 1717.  At first we could not figure why they had this display in Idaho (but we remembered the Leonardo da Vinci traveling display in Columbia, SC that we went to see). So we never know what we might find.

Now it is time to get our room and relax before going to dinner at the local family restaurant the hotel clerk told Gary about - Cedric's.  It was okay, but we have had better.  We will try something different on Tuesday after our side trip to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.  We will also drive through a corner of Montana to get there.  Guess we can say that we have been there??
Our pictures of Yellowstone and the Golden Spike Museum will be too much to add it to this Blog.  I will do one or two to cover those trips tomorrow while Gary goes in to Salt Lake City to do his research.
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