I got to choose what I wanted to do for Mother's Day so now Chuck got to choose what he wanted to do for Father's Day. When we would visit Earl, he would state that he wanted to see Grimes Creek. Many people pan gold there. His sister Jean and friend Jerry do that every summer. We decided that we wanted to see that too. We borrowed gold panning pans from Mike and went to Dayton to tell Earl that we'd take he and Dixie up there. It is north of Boise. Their sons Kevin and Kris work up there. We had dinner with them the first night we were there.
We had made revervations at a motel for a handicap room for them. When we finally found the motel, behind a mall and it had been sold so there wasn't a sign on it, the rooms were on the second floor with no elevator! It was on the west side of town and the boys lived close to each other on the east side. So we started looking for a room near them. We went to eight motels before we found two rooms on the ground floor. Two groups were following us and we got the last rooms in that area.
Earl can't sleep in a bed and the only chair was an overstuffed one. We were hoping for a recliner. He was ready to go home after three nights. Our lastnight we got together, in our room as it was bigger and shared snacks for our evening meal. We had a good breakfast and lunch, then a snack for dinner. We didn't find a restaurant that we were particulary happy with in our area.
We drove around town the first day before noon. We found this huge park with Canadian Geese enjoying it. Chuck got out to take a picture and they just sat there. They are so used to people. It is a good feeling to be close to nature.
We went to the Train Station Museum, but it didn't open until 1 o'clock. We were going to meet Kris at Hyde Park, the old section of Boise, for lunch. We are such country folk. We are used to getting a parking space with little effort. We drove around the area three or four times before we edged into one. Chuck had to straighten out my parking. The streets are narrow, so if you stuck out very far, you could get hit! We ate at a Mexican Restaurant on their outdoor patio. It was shaded and was comfortable. Afterwards, Kris wanted us to go thruough the old Prison. We drove there and found that the entrance was over a quarter of a mile from where we had to park. Earl couldn't go that far and I didn't want to. Chuck checked it out for us. We dicided that we didn't want to see an old prison let alone a new one. That is very depressing. So we left.
The next day we drove to Grimes Creek. We didn't find Jean and Jerry as they had moved their camp. Cell phone service didn't exist. We went to the end of the Canyon and din't find a place for Chuck to pan for gold! The area was being used or was private property. We found that Placerville was close by so we went there. We found this amazing cementary. A caretake came there to check some water, he said. Bet he was checking on us! Earl visited with him while, Dixie, Chuck and I roamed the cementary. The graves had elaborate headstones. They must have cost a lot even in their day, but this was gold country. The graves were mostly Swedish and Norway with a few Irish.
Dixie and I loved this one. We wondered what their story was.
Many graves had fenses around them.
Chuck took this picture of Earl, Me and Dixie. Some stones told how they had died. I love old cementaries! On our mission, in Elkton, Kentucky, we cleaned headstones on our PDay.
After we left there we went to Idaho City and had lunch. There were only two cafes and a rock show was in town. We had to wait for a table, but the service was good once we could order. We ate outside, also. After a long cold winter we enjoyed the sunshine. We came back a different route and enjoyed the beautful mountains. Tomorrow we start home. Earl wants to show us where he used to sell seman to dairy farmers. It is on a side road from the freeway. We will see the falls at Twin Falls. We have had a great trip seeing different country and with good company
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