A Serious Potato!

Karen and Cherelle with one serious baked potato.

Two months ago to the date my husband and I, with Hearing Dog Cherelle as assistant navigator, headed down our drive for the last time. We were beginning our lives as full timer RVers.  Our home is now a 35 foot class A motor home. Most of that time, if you have been following this blog, we spent in Oregon traveling around not too far from our former city, Corvallis. As of this last week we finally left the state. First city where we stayed was Boise Idaho.

Idaho, as probably just about everyone knows, boast the potato as its state vegetable. So of course it should have been of no surprise that when the three of us went to the Idaho Historical Museum, that there was a nod to this humble veggie. A very large nod as it turns out! Cher tried to make a new friend at the museum but found him to be a bit stiff.

Before you cringe at the sight of a service dog nosing a display at a museum let me assure you that this particular display is an interactive one. There was a sign inviting people to climb into this replica of a dugout canoe.  I did not take it so far as to have her jump into the canoe.  She is a service dog after all and should maintain some decorum. But a little "check it out" sniff I thought was in keeping with this particular display. After all why should I be the only one on the team to fully enjoy the museum.

Well OK maybe fully enjoy is not the most accurate word to describe my experience.  Idaho Historical Museum is worth a visit and is family friendly with some interactive displays for young and old alike. What it is not, is fully handicap accessible. None of the videos shown on monitors throughout the museum have captioning. 

Another worthwhile place to do the tourist thing and where much to my delight all audio displays and videos are captioned is "Craters of the Moon" National Monument and Preserve. Extremely educational and interesting.  The landscape is most definitely otherworldly.  We stopped off there on our way to Idaho Falls from Boise. Cher was not overly excited because there was no green grass to "take care of business". (Something she is learning to deal with now that we have left the very green Pacific NW.) However the staff were very friendly and seemed happy to see a service dog at the visitors center. 

Currently we are taking a day off while in Idaho Falls. A little down time is necessary from time to time.

More later.

Best wishes to everyone from me and tail wags from Cherelle aka Cher.