{"id":3048,"date":"2015-10-26T08:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2015-10-26T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:04:53","slug":"day-134-135-western-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3048","title":{"rendered":"Day 134-135: Western Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

We entered in Moscow, Idaho. We had trouble speaking to anyone there. It’s possible they were just not in the mood due to the bad weather in Washington State\u00a0carrying on there. Despite meeting no one properly for hours,\u00a0we finally met some absolutely lovely people at the\u00a0Elkhorn Lodge<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Grangeville<\/a>. They were so friendly that they invited us for dinner and then we ended up hanging out with the staff all evening.\u00a0It was a small family run place that was in the process of being renovated. It was one of the cleanest places we’ve been to (they told us they don’t use bleach, and I enjoyed the feeling of not being slowly poisoned like you get in the hotels that just cover everything in it rather than doing any real cleaning). More than that, they had the only memory foam mattresses we have encountered in 45 states. We were thrilled and both slept more comfortably than we had in a long time. They said only two rooms have it so far, but it’s well worth stopping there and, if the rooms are free, getting the memory foam.<\/p>\n

Both of the women running the place were lovely and full of useful information. They told us it was a very friendly area, but very sparsely populated and probably not right for us given it was not known for tech or ESL.<\/p>\n

One of them had also happened to live in Phoenix<\/a> and had left after the 2008 housing crash. She said crash aside, it was a lovely place to live, which is good to know. She recommended against Scottsdale though, saying it was snobby.<\/p>\n

The next day, in better weather, we discovered how absolutely gorgeous Idaho is:<\/p>\n

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It is full of clear blue rivers and rolling mountains. Like Oregon, it also has the pine fresh scent most places you go.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video:<\/p>\n