In a Pickle

I went to Pocatello on business this week. I was able to have dinner with Eric and Krystal on Tuesday at a Texas Roadhouse in Idaho Falls.

Eric and Krystal - July 2015

Eric seemed happy. I learned about Krystal's work experience helping her Dad in commercial fishing in Alaska.

We finished all our business in two days and didn't have a flight out until the afternoon of the next day, so we decided to visit Craters of the Moon National Monument.

Relief Map showing Caldera migration from Craters of the Moon to Yellowstone

Dead Tree

Climbing Inferno Cinder Cone

Splatter Cone

CoWorkers entering Indian Tunnel Lava Tube

Indian Tunnel end

We left thinking we had time to get lunch in Arco. We stopped at Pickle's Place.

Sitting in the Pickle Chair

It took a little longer to get our meal than we expected. Driving back we saw we were really tight to meet our flight back. We as we neared the exit for the hotel (we left my rental car at the hotel) we saw there was a big accident with a rolled over RV on the other side of the freeway (the side we needed to go on to get back to the airport). The entrance to the on-ramp was conned off on that side and a policeman was blocking it. At the hotel, we were surprised to see they had started repaving the parking lot and had taped off the entrance where my car was. I was able to convince them to let me get my car. They cleaned up the accident and opened the on-ramp. We sped to the airport but were too late. We had to re-rent one of the cars and drive to SLC to catch our connecting flight. That worked out OK.

Chief Pocatello