Category Archives: Travel – ’18

Visit to Ritter Island…

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Jim@HiTek

Decades ago, there was a busy dairy on an island in the Snake River. The island has spectacular views of the many nearby springs erupting from the canyon walls of the Snake River Gorge. The dairy is now a State … Continue reading →

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Hanging out around Hagerman…

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

Just a short post about Hagerman and environs nearby. Several things about the town I like that involve bike riding. There are several halfway strenuous hills I can ride up every day, there’s a couple of interesting bars with grills. One … Continue reading →

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More from Idaho…

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

If you remember from last time, my Olympus camera was ruined by the raging Snake River…it got sloshed on while I was rafting below the Hagerman dam. A few days later I was browsing at the flea market at Billingsly … Continue reading →

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Moved to Hagerman, Idaho…

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

You may remember from last time, that I was staying in Wendell (even though I mis-titled the article – since fixed) and visited Shoshone Falls on July 4th. After that visit, I was pretty enthused about staying in the area … Continue reading →

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More from Wendell, Idaho…

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

Of course, since I was so close, had to visit Shoshone Falls. And on July 4th no less. I knew it would probably get crowded in the afternoon so I planned to be right at the falls by 10 AM. … Continue reading →

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Visit to Hagerman…

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

Hanging around Wendell has it’s advantages. With the amply stocked grocery store, the RV park with a RV repair business right there, the auto repair shops, tire shops, a couple excellent restaurants, etc., etc.. However, there’s not much to do … Continue reading →

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Iowa to Wendell, Idaho…

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

When I left Fairfield, IA, it had been several weeks since my phone had worked…turned out that on virtually my entire drive to Idaho, it only worked a couple times and only near big towns. At this point I was … Continue reading →

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On to Fairfield…

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

Last time, I was complaining about the Tree Town Festival, and I’m done with that but I will mention one thing that happened as I was preparing to leave the following Monday. Most of the RVs had pulled out so … Continue reading →

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Tree Town Festival…

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

Last time, I mentioned that I’d bought tickets for the Tree Town Music Festival, and that I was disappointed that I’d paid $525 for the RV parking space I’d chosen. The map was slick and professionally done, except they manipulated … Continue reading →

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At the Winnebago Service Center…

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Jim@HiTek

It only took 3 hours or so to travel from Savage, MN to Forest City, IA but since I had an appointment for service with a place to park the RV with all the services, I wasn’t too worried about … Continue reading →

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