Road Trip 2012: Friday 9/28

86 miles, camped in the driveway of Lyndsay Belt in Boise, Idaho.  Lyndsay is a former student of mine at Potsdam High School.

Zoey and I spent a leisurely morning at Three Island Crossing State Park.  The park was less than a third full (although it was booked full for the coming weekend) so there was lots of walking space, as well as several trails.  One of the trails was along the Snake River at the Oregon Trail crossing.  We hiked about three miles, and caught a great sunrise over the Snake River.

Sunrise over the Snake River

Looking downstream at one of the three islands.

Display board explaining the dangerous crossing.

I stopped at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, which is located in the park, and spent an hour looking over the displays.

Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

I arrived at the Boise Interagency Dispatch Center about 2:00.  Lyndsay has a seasonal job with the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) working at the Boise Dispatch Center.  The center is called Interagency because it dispatches fire control teams for both the BLM and the US Forest Service.  Because of the extremely dry summer, the Dispatch Center has been very active.

Lyndsay at her dispatch station.

Dispatch Office

Fire Engine Pumpers

Burned BLM grasslands

After a tour on the Dispatch Center, we went to Lyndsay's home and I set up camp in the driveway.  We later walked to a nearby restaurant for dinner.  The weather was warm, so we took the dogs with us, and ate at an outside table.

On Saturday Lyndsay is taking me to the Boise Farmers market.