Road Trip Part ***

Well, I certainly devote a lot of time to these...

Where did I leave off? That's right--Glacier NP. After that, I drove to Athol, Idaho to go to Silverwood, an amusement park that is supposedly home to two of the world's best wooden roller coasters. They are pretty good. This small park also has the old Corkscrew coaster from Knott's Berry Farm. What a piece of junk. Two flips and it's over--about 15 seconds. As I exited that ride, I passed by some girls getting on and one said excitedly, "This one's my favorite!" Poor country girl. She has no idea what's out there. I thought about showing her my digital watch just to hear her exclaim, "What the...are you from the future?!"

The next day, I was in Riggins, Idaho to do some whitewater rafting on the Salmon river. It was nice for a beginner like me, but it whet my appetite for some *real* rapids. Oh yeah, next time I'm gonna run some of that crazy Class 2 shit! Just joking, we did do some Class 3 rapids. For those of you who don't know the rapids rating system, it starts at Class 1 which is calm, flat water and goes all the way up to Class 456 which is only runnable for a two week window during the summer on the Jupiterian moon of Europa.

The next day, I saw dried up Shoshone Falls (I really need to plan my trips better) and watched B.A.S.E. jumpers fall off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho. It was like watching a bunch of failed suicide attempts. You know, like a guy trying to hang himself, but the rope keeps breaking. Or a girl with a gun against her temple, but she has a really bad aim. Or someone who sits down to watch John McEnroe's talk show, but then the TV cable goes out.

My next stop was Cathedral Gorge State Park here in Nevada. No jokes here, that's the best state park IN THE WORLD. Finally, I pulled into my driveway after putting over 3,000 miles on my car in a little over a week! It was worth it, though. If I were to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing. Well, except for that one day when I ran over that precious little kitty cat in Utah. If I had to do *that* over again, I wouldn't bother slamming it into reverse to run it over a second time.