NYC Road Trip: Walla Walla to Twin Falls
Left Walla Walla at 8:45 and drove the Audi to Elgin with my dad and his friend where I met up with John, Mark, and John’s two dogs Po and Plum. We stopped at Kauffman amish market in La Grande to pick up some sandwiches to enjoy later.
After that we got on the interstate towards Boise, where we would pick up a rental car to drive all the way to NYC. I joked aloud to John and Mark that they’d upgrade us from a midsized SUV to the ultra plush Jeep Grand Wagoneer. We made a few stops on the way for the dogs, and for the sammies. Only the smartest water for these dogs…
At the airport we went to the rental car desk and after chatting up the woman there she offered us an upgrade to…a brand new (it still had plastic wrap on the inside) Jeep Grand Wagoneer! We were pretty excited and ran out of the terminal to the parking garage to find it, and after 15 minutes and 5 floors of wandering we returned to the gal, carless, heads hung low, asking for help. Turns out we were in the wrong parking structure the whole time. Once we found the car it turned out to be even bigger in person, and we spent 15 minutes laughing over the absurdity of this car.
After getting the car we headed to Jerome/Twin Falls to stay the night, on the way we stopped at a rest area where we witnessed a neo-nazi and his motorcycle tricked out with ss bolts and swastikas. Welcome to Idaho. It was disgusting.
After checking into our hotel in Jerome, we drove into Twin Falls for dinner at Milner’s Gate. I had a fun huckleberry mojito and some ramen with maple miso fried chicken. John and Mark’s entrees were fine but with disappointing fries and onion rings. Unfortunately we were seated outside and it was very windy. So windy in fact the lime blew off the rim of my mojito, and the loaded potato chips we ordered blew off of the plate! I asked if they’d re-seat us inside, but they refused. So we quickly ate our food and left. I left my phone in the hotel so no food pics.
Tomorrow we’re going to go for a run in the morning before departing for Cheyenne.
