Idaho - We came, we saw, we conquered

Our original plan was to spend 1-2 full weeks in each state we visit. Plans change though :) Back in March, just a few weeks after we first moved into an RV we went to a rally with some wonderful people. We made a last minute decision to high tail it over to Missouri by September 10th for the Fulltime Familes "Not Back to School" road rally. What a better way to start our journey than reconnecting with some like minded families?

Homeschooling - scary or fun? We'll see...

Needless to say though, you can't travel between Oregon and Missouri in 3 weeks and spend a lot of time in any state on the way. So Idaho was a whirlwind! We left Eugene, OR on Tuesday, August 18th and drove waaaaaaay to long for a single day (314 miles) - all the way to Kennewick, WA. We stayed a single night at the Columbia Sun RV Resort, with the 50% off Passport America discount, I'd consider it money well spent.

Our first pit stop Emma found a spine, naturally

The next day we traveled another 188 miles (yuck - I've got to plan shorter travel days!) to Athol, ID. We stayed at Ravenwood RV Resort for the simple reason that it is right down the road from Silverwood Theme Park - because what better way to start off our adventure than with a trip to a huge amusement/water park?!

Our first night in Idaho we drove over to Couer d'Alene, it's a great town and the downtown area actually reminded me a lot of Bend (le sigh ... I miss her). We had dinner at a great pizza place that had gluten-free crust for Porter and walked around where they were having an evening farmers/craft market. There was live music and a huge park right down the road.

I mustache you a question

Thursday morning we headed over to Silverwood when they opened at 11:00. We went straight for the log ride and of course it was me that got soaked! Next was Timber Terror, which in hind sight was not a wise decision :) While Jason and Porter thought it was great, Huddy and me were not impressed.

Terror is RIGHT people

We spent the entire day there, my fitbit says we walked 8.5 miles, and I believe it. We did rides, spent a few hours at the waterpark, saw a magic show, got ice-creams the size of our heads, and just generally had a blast. We ended the night off with a ride on the Panic Plunge by Jason and me (note to self, it's okay to say no).

Panic is right. Sheer and utter panic. For 2 whole seconds.

And a quite nighttime ferris wheel ride (after the so-horribly-obnoxious preteen girls in front of us got seated). I've got to say though, I used to love amusement park rides but I honestly just can't hang anymore.

Seriously, it wasn't even moving

Originally we were going to get the 2-day pass to Silverwood, but honestly we were so worn out, and the weather on Friday was icky, it would've been a waste of money. Instead we just hung out, played with the dog (I worked, ugh), and we went to the Buck Knife factory. They don't have tours on Friday - boo! But they do have a small museum and a shop. The girls there were great and even let the boys hold the custom knife that was made for ribbon cutting by the mayor.

That's not a knife

That's a knife

All in all, it was time well spent. I wish we could have gotten more of a feel for the state, but I guess it's just a good excuse to come back!