Days 10, 11 - Wendell, ID

Saturday - My day started out a bit earlier than I thought. The early morning test session didn't have enough VEs. So I jumped onto Zoom at about 6:20 AM. Kind of early. It got down into the upper 40s (°F) last night. So the furnace ended up getting used in the early morning. Nice to know that the furnace still works…

After the test sessions, we went into Twin Falls to do some shopping. We had lunch at Black Bear Diner, the first one we’ve seen in a while, then onto Fred Meyer for some groceries. Another place we haven’t seen in a while. 

When we got back to the RV, the temperature was back up to 80°F. Quite the jump from this mornings 48°F. 

Sunday - Our first stop today was Minidoka Relocation Center, one of the internment camps for those of Japanese ancestry. This is a replica of the guard tower at the entrance to the camp. 

It housed up to 8,000 people in rapidly constructed barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences and guard towers. 

They had one of the barracks brought back on to the site as well as a dining hall/kitchen. Each barracks would house six families of up to six individuals. 

The brother/sister team did a great job on the tour as their grandparent and parents were incarcerated here. They shared personal stories of what life was like. 

A very well done National Monument. 

We then headed for Shoshone Falls, a state park east of Twin Falls. It was pretty crowded and the line to pay the $5 entry fee took about twenty minutes. It was low water so the falls were smaller than they could be. It has been referred to as the western Niagara Falls. I think they are taller but the volume of water is but a fraction. 

After lunch, we headed back to the RV. Tomorrow is another travel day to a Harvest Host on the Idaho-Oregon border.