Sunday, July 27, 2008

July 16/Day 17 - Gooding to Burley - 130km




Today was an awesome yet very full day. It started out very early, yet very wonderful. There is almost nothing better than having an early start to a day when everything is crisp and beautiful. We had a lot of stops today as well. A dairy farmer offered us all and tour and some refreshments, it was really neat. Then later on in the day a CRC church about half way through the day offered us lunch - it was so good - subs, milk, and my personal facy ICE CREAM!! The last stop of the day was most incredible of all - the Shoshone falls, they call it the Niagra Falls of the west, it was so incredibly beautiful.Something interesting to note about this area of the states was the farms/crops on one side of the highway and sage brush on the other. This land is dry, but the soil is so full of nutrients that when water is added the land becomes super furtile. It was a very interesting sight to see. So we're riding along, crops on one side, sage brush on the other and then BAM - hello canyon! It was incredible! I'm lovin these sights!

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