August 24

Wyoming and Idaho have had the thickest and tallest alfalfa ever. It is all irrigated. I don't know if that is the only reason or if part of it is the altitude. Here in Idaho they have had many, very large fields of wheat with a little oats. They are just beginning to combine it. They must have a very short growing season. We saw a small field of corn for the first time since middle Nebraska.

Ever since middle Nebraska we have seen very, very few baseball or softball diamonds but we have seen a lot of places for rodeos.

Several years ago we came down through the Bitterroot Mountains and stopped at a small cafe where they had huckleberry pie. We had not had anything with huckleberries in it so I got one. It was so very delicious. In Soda Springs, ID they had huckleberry ice cream so we had to get a cone. It too was very delicious. I splurged and had about 8 bites. YUM!!!!

This geyser at Soda Springs, ID is the only man made geyser in the world. It was discovered when they were drilling for water and hit it. They put something on it so it now spouts every hour. The emigrants stopped at Soda Springs and many diaries mentioned the taste of the water. The water was bottled and sold in the early 1900s.

Girls, How would you like a dress, boa, hat and purse like this? It was all white and very pretty.

This is Sheep Rock just west of Soda Springs. Many commented on this also. There was no way they could get their animals down to drink from the river so they had to take them elsewhere or carry buckets of water up for the oxen and horses.









We followed the path of the emigrants closely all day. It was amazingly flat through Idaho from Montpelier to Idaho Falls. It is still very, very dry but they irrigated most of the way.