Kms today: 475
Because it was so hot in Twin Falls yesterday we went to see the actual falls early this morning before breakfast. The guy at the gate said that we should have come a few weeks ago when the falls were really "honking". Nevertheless we still drove down to the car park and walked to the lookout. The falls were still pretty spectacular. They are part of the Snake river and the water from the river irrigates a vast area around Twin Falls. I guess it is similar to the Murray Darling basin.
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| The Twin Falls. |
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| The Snake river. |
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| A selfie from the lookout. |
After copious photos we headed to Guppies in Twin Falls for breakfast. It was a cafe set up like a hot rod diner. It was hard to find anywhere to eat in Twin Falls at 9am on Saturday morning?? After breakfast we headed down an empty highway to Wells, Nevada.
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| The empty highway. |
This is where we are staying for three nights when we go to Speed Week at Bonneville Salt Flats some 70kms away from the 13th August. It is on the I-80 freeway which we will be taking all the way back to Sacramento. Not a very impressive town. We had a snack in a diner along with the local Sheriff and his posse!!
It was lucky we weren't on our motorcycles as it was hot and windy on the freeway all the way to Winnemucca. As soon as we booked into our Motel 6 we understood why people looked at us strangely when we said we were staying in Winnemucca. All it consisted of was gas stations and casinos. Luckily the motel was cheaper than anticipated so that was a bonus. By googling whats on in Winnemucca we found out that there was a Basque restaurant in town. Colin jumped in the truck and drove down the road to check it out? We both like Basque food so this might be the place for dinner. It didn't open until 4pm so we called then and made a booking. When we arrived we were told that they seat everyone at trestle tables and that you share the same soup and salad dishes before the main course you order. We were sitting with a couple from Alabama, and a couple from Wisconsin. They were very nice but obviously republican in their politics so we did not discuss the upcoming election.
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| The Basque restaurant. |
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| Our table!! |
After a while a couple of geologists joined the table and they were a lot more fun. One was a local farmer and the other was english. They had discovered a gold lode in the area and were trying to find investors to buy it off them. They were a real hoot and we had a good laugh with them. They had been to Australia. The food came and went but it was not very Basque and pretty ordinary. Basque sheep farmers came to the area some 100 years ago and there used to be a thriving community but it is shrinking now.
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| Photos on the wall of Basque restaurant. |
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