We were up and on our way soon after 6am. Once we got out of the town, we drove sooo many miles without seeing a single place to stop for coffee. Finally, we spotted the Silver Lake Mercantile. The place was so and the owners were quite friendly. The lady had a lot of unusual decorations outside, reminding of my wife. We grabbed our coffees and continued down the numerous small roads that would eventually lead us to Idaho and our final destination of Boise. Besides be so desolate, we ran into two different places where they were working on the road. The first one was a short wait to be lead down single open lane, but the second one was a wait, and at a time we were a little worried about arriving at Enterprise in time. When wed rented the car, the guy not only let us pick it up well before 5pm and told us we could still return at 5pm, but he also said if we got there before 4pm they would take us to our motel for the night.
it was such a long distance from the last stop where we got coffee, and the only one we found. We ordered two orders of fried fish and tater tots to go. Well, I guess we should have ordered only one, because they really piled on both, with a nice cup of dipping sauce. It was some of the best fried fish Id had. We ate our food along the way, and finally reached Interstate 84, and eventually Idaho and Boise... at 3:40pm! After waiting a little for their driver to return, we loaded up their vehicle and headed to our Super 8 by Windham for the night. It is very close to the airport, but we asked for a shuttle at 6am rather than try to walk there that early, dragging our luggage and such. Our room is nice, especially after all the bare bones cabins wed been staying in. Around 6:30pm, I walked to a Dennys a few blocks away and ordered chocolate and bananas pancakes. Manoli wasnt hungry, but the order was so big and so good, she couldnt resist.
7:22am, headed to Dallas/Fort Worth again. This time, our layover there isnt short, being about 10 hours! I have a book to read, to play with, and my travel pillow for a likely nap. Well arrive back in Greenville at 11:22pm, grab our car from the Hertz garage, and drive home. I may make another entry tomorrow, if I have enough to say.
