Day 12 - Austin, Nevada to Boise, Idaho

Wow! Got to check two states off my bucket list today!!!

Started out early, around 7:15, after a nice breakfast at the International Restaurant in Austin, where I got to listen to the locals expounding on their political views. The food was good, though. After checking out of the motel, the GPS told me this:

 Guess there is going to be a Keith Urban concert somewhere up ahead???

Check Oregon off my list: (What a dinky state sign, though!!)

Looking back into Nevada, the first thing you see is, you guessed it, a casino!

 This part of Oregon is just a lot of this (beautiful, but boring):

 Second of the 5 remaining states off my list:

I have to say, Idaho is not what I expected, at least this part. Looks just like eastern Oregon and northeastern Nevada. Came to an overlook a few miles south of Boise, and could see some changes on the horizon:

 The final GPS pic before I went to dinner in Boise:

 As I posted on Facebook, there was a Basque festival going on in downtown Boise, so I went there for dinner. Boise was entirely not what I expected, being nestled against the Rockies (Sorry, no pics---maybe tomorrow) Here are a couple copied from Facebook:

 I had a great dinner here:

 Tomorrow, off for Missoula, Montana! Time for bed.