Beautiful Boise

We arrived in Boise Wednesday afternoon.  It took 2 days to travel from Pendleton to Boise.  We crossed over 8 passes ranging from 4,270 to 5,280 feet in height.  That makes for a lot of up and down driving.  Needless to say these were "roads less traveled." 

I enjoyed the amazing sights along the way.  With almost no traffic on these roads the driving was very relaxing, I could drive at any speed I wanted to.  Eastern Oregon has a little bit of everything to see but if I had to use one word to describe the area it would be "Big".  As we came down from a pass we could look out for 5 or 10 miles and see open land.  Population zero.

 

Before we left Pendleton we went for a tour of the Pendleton Mills.  The manufacturing of beautiful woolens was a sight to see.  I loved all the machinery that made yarn and wove the cloth.  A rainbow of colors was everywhere you looked.

 

The finished products.

 

 

 

Next we visited Hamley's.  It is a western store that has been in this location for 109 years.  It has all things cowboy.  And cowgirl too.

 

Need a cowboy hat.  They've got you covered.

 

I'll cover the 2 day, 8 mountain passes in the next blog.