Yellowstone Adventure - Day 55

  First day off and I got up early for breakfast so I could get on the road to Idaho Falls. It is only about one hundred and forty miles from the dorm to Idaho Falls but it takes close to three hours to get there because it takes and hour just to leave the park.
  Picked up my two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, because I would be gone during lunch and dinner, and headed out.  As I was leaving I noticed that the mountains had more snow on them than was there the other day I saw them. This cold snap has brought a lot of snow up in the passes and on mountain tops. As I left today the temperature was around thirty six degrees, but as I drove to Idaho Falls and down in elevation the temperature gradually increased to where I knew I would have to shed my pullover sweatshirt. Even though the drive was long the views were fantastic. As there was always something to see. From pretty valleys, to fast moving rivers, to the Grand Tetons in the distance and to the very pretty Idaho valley. Once the mountains get into your system they're really stuck there. I know when I leave here I will miss the views the most. A song writer I know said "You never can say goodbye to Montana, just goodnight.".
  Made it to Idaho Falls Two hours before my appointment so I headed for the Cabela's to get a man fix. The developer who put the Cabela's there was very smart because he also put a Hobby Lobby right next to it in the same parking lot. The wife can go into there while the men head to Cabela's.  The strange thing about Cabela's is that they are so high priced. You would think that with as many stores as they have they would have more discounted prices. I think a person can get a better deal online for the stuff they sell there. In fact they had a few items that we sell in the Old Faithful store that were higher than we were selling them.
  After Cabela's I headed to the dealership. I was an hour early but I figured it was time for lunch and I would just eat my PB&J in the waiting room. The Hyundai dealership was small but clean. The guy taking my keys asked me what I was doing in their area from Indiana. I told him that I work at the Old Faithful general store. He asked me a ton of questions about the job and such while I was eating and waiting. He said even though he lived close he has only been to the park three times. Before he headed off for lunch he thanked me for answering all the questions and said he really did not know how they set up the employees at the park.
  Shortly before two my car was done and I paid and headed to the theatre close to Cabela's to see if there was any movie that I wanted to see before I headed back to Yellowstone. The only movie I was vaguely interested in was Tarzan but it was only being shown in 3D and I did not want to watch it in that format. So I decided to head downtown and walk around the river and see the falls off Idaho Falls.  Cathy and I  stayed at a best Western right on the river last year and I parked the car close to there. The Snake River was running fast and the falls were very loud. The river walk is about a mile and a half and it is very pleasant for sure. They have plenty of places where you can go down to the river and get fairly close to the falls. The falls are interesting in that the river runs on top and the water Cascades down the side of the river for about a mile. So instead of a river ending at a falls. The falls are created by the side of the river. I put videos on Facebook in case you want to see this.
  After pulling myself away from the river I got back in the car and headed back to Yellowstone. The drive back was just as pleasant and it went by quickly. As expected the temperatures went from the upper seventies and pleasant to the low fifties when I reached the dorm.
  On a side note. The McDonald's in Idaho Falls where I stopped to get a tea had the fastest internet I have ever experienced. I was able to update fourteen apps on my phone and download two TV shows and several podcasts in about forty minutes. Sweet.
  Well back at the dorm now and will hike tomorrow if the weather calms down. I am not much of a hike in the rain kind of guy. Take care you all and keep praying for each other.