I remember the first trip I took in the USA. The car I rented had the petrol cap behind the licence plate. Then there was the pump – in the USA there is normally some sort of switch to turn the pump on before you can plump the petrol.
It is important to start your car from time to tie and to move it (there are a number of reasons why you should drive a few minutes every couple of weeks). Today I drove a circuit of the village. It suddenly struck me that my tank is still showing above the full mark and the last time I bought petrol was over 2 months ago. I’m not sure I will be able to remember how to fill my tank when I next need petrol at this rate.
I put down the first three strips of decking today. However my drill-driver had a bit of a problem. It seems like it doesn’t like to work in the heat. So I had to fall back on an old Sainsburys brand driver that I bought when I was between houses. Not the best tool, so I’ll wait till a new drill-driver arrives before finishing things off. Or maybe I’ll get too bore to leave it unfinished.
So today is day 4 of my USA road trip. This was a drive from Jackpot to Idaho Falls.
The first place I went to was Twin Falls, a place where there are twin falls. Actually the route to the park at the falls is not that easy to find – I am glad I good directions. The nickname is “The Niagara of the West”.
One of the things this river canyon is famous for is the rocket jump by Evel Kinievil. Or should I say the attempted jump.
From there I headed to the Craters of the Moon – a place that I have always thought sounded like a place to visit. It turns out to be a volcano park, with several loose volcanic gravel hills. The park is a decent size, and takes a good few hours to visit. There are a number of walks and caves (there was a warning about the possibility of contracting an illness if you visited the bat caves).
I really enjoyed my time at the park and walked a fair distance.
Next stop along the road was EBR-I, the first nuclear reactor in the world to produce electricity. Quite interesting seeing the massive amounts of safety in place in some areas and the lack of safety in others (smoking was permitted for example)
In the evening I stopped at Idaho Falls and disturbed some friends who were concreting an area for a wedding reception – a pleasant meal at a nearby restaurant.
I’m not sure why, but for a quiet day I have found myself pretty exhausted in the end. Too much sun I think. I think with global warming I might have to start siestas.