Day 601

Burley, ID to Boise, ID
We had an awesome time in Burley. Keith and Marsha took us to one of their favorite camping spots, Lake Cleveland, which is on the same mountain as the Pomerell Ski Resort. It’s a pretty little Lake that has some great camping spots. They also took us by the Elk Farm just outside of Declo. I’ve never seen so many Elk in one place.
Another day we went to Minidoka Dam and saw the flags hanging from the dam. It was an awesome sight. We also visited the Lake Walcott State Park. It’s a nice park with a tent camping section and a campground for RV’S. On the way there we saw a doe running in the fields and on the way back we saw one standing in the middle of the road. She walked up the hill, then was kind enough to pose for some photos.
Then we headed for Rupert to check out the food trucks on the square. But had a slight detour when we saw a small shitzu running down the middle of the highway. We stopped and he jumped right in the car when Marsha opened the door. He snuggled right up to me after I gave him some water to drink. Luckily he had a tag with his name and address on it so we were able to take him home. His humans were not home, so we left him with a neighbor. I made a couple of phone calls to the number listed to let them know that we found him and again to let them know where we left him. Kind of sad that they never even called back to thank us.
The 4th of July festivities started a day early in Burley and poor little Dinky Dawg was trembling so bad I was afraid that he would have a stroke or something. I gave him some of his homeopathic calming drops which helped a lot, but I hated having to drug him. We were really dreading the 4th, but I saw a post on Facebook that showed how to wrap a scarf around him to calm him. It worked so good that I never even had to give him any drops. We were able to stay outside for the entire night. And oh what a night! Fireworks for almost 3 full hours. Marsha and Keith live next to a field so we were able to watch the entire Valley. We were even able to see the city of Burley’s fireworks show from their front yard. It was the best 4th of July that I’ve experienced in years. I was so glad that Dinky Dawg wasn’t stressed and that we were with such great friends.
It was sad to leave, but it was time to head to Boise because after all it’s been 336 days since we left!