Drive to Twin Falls:

Friday, May 15 was not fun!! We left the park around 8 am and made it down the road a few miles before being stopped for road construction. We had a long wait before a pilot car led us through the one and only lane that was open. We then made it down the road about 45 miles and 6 police cars coming at us with lights flashing forced us to the side of the road because they were escorting 3 huge loader bodies on trailers down this very narrow highway. These police cars were spread far apart, so thankfully they gave us several miles of warning. Thank God there was a wide enough shoulder for us to pull over on and wait until they all went by! After about a 10 minute wait, we were back on the road and heading for Jackpot (on the border of Nevada and Idaho).

The road from Ely to Jackpot was a very long boring drive, and Ken needed a little break, so we decided to pull into the rest area about a mile south of Jackpot. As we made the turn into the rest area, we saw a sign that said “NO TRUCKS.” Oh, Oh, we were already committed and couldn’t turn out, so we headed on in. Well it looked fine and we really thought we had enough room to turn around in.Ken wasn't worried, so he went ahead and took his long needed break. With the Jeep attached, we measure about 65 feet in length, so our turning radius is not good.

This is a picture of what we look like hooked up and ready to roll. No, this was not taken in the rest area. This was actually taken a little south of Ely.After Ken had his much needed rest, he decided to try and make the turn to get back on the road. Well, he turned the coach and Jeep as sharp as he could, but we ran out of room. Of course with the Jeep attached, we couldn't back up....SO, the only thing we could do was to go outside and unhook the Jeep. After we unhooked, Ken had the ability to back up and jog the coach around to make the drive out. All of this time, we had the entrance blocked and people were driving in watching and waiting for us to clear the area (not fun). Finally, he got the coach in position where I could pull the Jeep up behind, and we re-hooked up and got the heck outta there.

The final 40 minute drive to Twin Falls was uneventful, but then we got on Blue Lakes Blvd on the north side of Twin Falls. As far as we knew the route through Twin Falls to the Jerome KOA (where we were staying) is north on hwy 93, then east on hwy 30, and north on Blue Lakes Blvd to I-84. Yes, we were using the GPS, but that was/is the main route and we didn't want to try any unknown routes with the coach. Well, we made it to Blue Lakes Blvd with no problems, then, just a couple blocks north on the Blvd, we ran into more road construction (aarrgghh). All the south bound lanes were closed and were being routed on to one of the two north bound lanes and the left side of the north bound lane was merging into the right hand land…..Thankfully, we were already in the far right lane that was being merged into, but the traffic was extra heavy and the traffic lights (many of them) seemed to last forever. Plus, there were those idiots who thought they could rush up as far as possible then force their way in ahead of those already in the right lane. Well Ken kept the nose of the coach as close as possible to the vehicle in front, so no one was going to get in front of us (grin).

It took us 30 long, nerve-racking minutes to travel five miles, but we finally made it through the mess and to the KOA just north of the I-84 interchange. We checked in and were settled by 4 pm.

When we checked in at the KOA RV Park, we were told of another way to bypass the construction, so we did drive back into town to do some shopping at Costco and get a marvelous dinner at a local Thai Restaurant. Temperature was 67, but the forecast was for warmer weather in the next couple days.