This has been a week of driving in Idaho. Sandpoint to Cascade. Cascade to Boise. Boise to Mcammon. Mcammon to Ketchum. For the first 2 legs the weather has been fantastic with incredibly blue skies. There is something so beautiful about the light and the terrain of the high desert. here and here.

In Mcammon, I went snowshoeing with Mart in the Fish and Game preserve above their house. It was beautiful. Two more nice pictures from the snowshoe.

On Saturday(Jan 28th) morning, I was sitting in Mocha Madness in Pocatello looking for lodging in Jackson, WY or Driggs, ID. After a few hours I was just about to call the Anvil Motel in Jackson when I looked at my weather page. I checked out the forecast using the NWS 10 day forecast system and noticed that Sun Valley was forecast for >15 inches of snow between Sat and Tues. That forecast called for a little change in plans. It was an stressful drive to Sun Valley with 60+ mph white-out inducing crosswinds(I watched the pickup in front of me pushed sideways by the wind) and coming out of the desert near Bellevue, ID the white snow covered foothills against the dark blue clouds at sunset. I wish I stopped and took a bunch of pictures on the road from Jerome up through the desert into Ketchum.

I think I am starting to get the hang of this traveling thing (ie have no schedule. go where the snow is good or where the friends are good.)