Leaving Cascade, Idaho

We had a very nice summer working at Arrowhead RV Park in Cascade, Idaho.  The park was pretty with lots of trees and the North Fork of the Payette River running past along with mountain views.  We had great managers who couldn't do enough for us and the lady that owned the park was a dear.  They wined and dined us to try and get us to come back next year but we miss walleye fishing too much.  Next year we have to spend some time, somewhere walleye fishing.

We left Cascade when it was raining as you can see we looked like drowned rats.  We don't usually drive in the rain but the weather was only going to get worse.   We got down out of the mountains and went to Mountain Home, Idaho.  The folks at Arrowhead sent us the picture of the snow in the mountains.  It snowed the day after we left.  We had to wait out the weather in Mountain Home for several days.  We finally headed south through Nevada.   We spent a night in Ely, Nevada and had just missed all the snow they got.  It was just finishing melting off the picnic tables.  Needless to say it was cold even if the snow was mostly gone. 

We are now in Alamo, Nevada where we found some heat. We are back in shorts and should stay in shorts until mid December if not longer. YEAH!

Birds

We were surprised to find quail up here.  They looked fat and healthy.  I just don't know how they survive the winters here with the deep snow they get.  The campground is full of trees and many of them are infested with bugs.  This attracts every kind of woodpecker.  The darn things even peck at the totem poles which also get infested with bugs.  This pileated woodpecker was going after the bugs in the logs that had been cut up.  I don't know if this was easier pickings for him or why he liked these logs so much. 

We are packing up and heading out of Idaho.  We will slowly make our way back to Yuma.  We have to get out of the mountains here because they are talking snow this week.  Time to go!

Chalk Art

The town of Cascade had a chalk art contest.  Most of the artists were kids and many of the artworks were pretty good.  I really liked the ones that celebrated Cascade.  The town is 100 years old this year and enjoyed a total eclipse.  We were certainly lucky to be here at the right time.  The only bad thing is all the smoke from the fires here in Idaho and Oregon and Canada.  All the focus was on Houston but in Oregon they were evacuating areas because of the fires.  We just have a lot of haze which spoils the mountain views so we haven't done any more sightseeing. 

We leave here in two weeks and the time has really gone fast.  This was the last big camping weekend and we were full to capacity.  Good for business but it kept us hopping.  We are looking forward to escaping and heading south.