Days 6 & 7: Boise and Portland

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Today included a trip across Idaho; from Idaho Falls to Boise. The entertainment between included Pickle's Place in Arco and Craters of the Moon National Monument. Neither of these were planned because we didn't know how we were going to get across the Gem State. Arco as it turns out was the first town to be lit by nuclear power back in 1951. It was filled with images of atoms. It was probably filled with radiation thinking back to those unregulated days when you could do what you wanted with nuclear waste. We stopped for lunch at Pickle's place where I had a Crater Burger which was basically an Atomic Burger with black olives. Sarah had a mountain of tater tots which because we were in the home state of Napoleon Dynamite.

The Craters of the Moon Nat'l Park was a lot of black rock. Again, it probably would have been cool if we got out and walked around but I wouldn't recommend a special trip for it.

We entered Boise which seemed like a nice little town. We met up with my cousin and a friend from SI and had dinner at a Caribbean restaurant. The next morning was another of the best meals on the trip. My cousin recommended Goldy's which is a little breakfast place with awesome food. I had the salmon hash and a malted waffle that were great.

We then took off for Portland. There really wasn't much between Boise and Portland but upon getting to Portland, we hung out with my friend from undergrad and his dog. The next morning we got up and saw the town and then took off for Seattle.