29 Jun 2020
Portland, OR 2020


Portland has been known as the Rose City, since 1888. They have thousands of rose bushes lining 20 miles of streets.



We visited Washington Park, a popular Portland tourist destination, with more than 9,500 rose bushes representing over 600 varieties. I was disabused of the notion that there were just red roses and a few yellow ones.







28 Jun 2020
Bend, OR; Kayaking 2020







27 Jun 2020
Boise, ID 2020
Yes we actually passed through Boise, and had a great day.
We have been on the road for about a week and Boise is the first big (pop. 228,000) city we have visited. To do something different, I put together a unique eclectic tour for Allyn featuring many of her interests – prisons, art, Jewishness, and humanitarianism. However, the biggest treat was our evening with our friend from cruising, Cathy Tai.
Congregation Beth Israel, founded 1895, is the oldest continuous running synagogue west of the Mississippi.
Moses Alexander, mayor of Boise and governor of Idaho, was an early leader of the congregation.
In 2003 the building was moved from its original location. During the move, documentation was discovered showing that it was partially financed by Marshall Field and Levi Strauss & Co.
Freak Alley is said to be the largest outdoor gallery in the Northwest, and has been a Boise institution since 2002.
The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is a .81-acre educational park inspired by Anne Frank's faith in humanity. Etched in the stone throughout the Memorial, the quotes are from diverse regions and times. The words memorialize the universality of the struggle against injustice and oppression.
The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise has been named one of only 11 United States sites to receive a sapling from the actual Anne Frank Chestnut Tree in Amsterdam. The sapling is planted in the Memorial.
The Old Idaho Penitentiary opened in 1872 to some of the West’s most desperate criminals. They closed 101 years later. They had 500 prison breaks of which 90 were successful. Juviniles were housed here.
The beautiful rose bushes were always there and tended by the inmates.
Here we can see the indoor gallows trap door from the viewing room.

26 Jun 2020
Shoshone Falls, UT
Don’t miss Shoshone Falls next time you are in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Shoshone Falls is one of the largest natural waterfalls in the United States. They are higher than Niagara Falls.
Shoshone Falls is located on the Snake River.
They were formed about 15,000 years ago by a catastrophic flood that sent about 1,500 times the average annual water down the Snake River in just a few weeks. That is why the canyon is so deep and dramatic.

24 Jun 2020
The Arches National Park















