OK, I finally washed up in Caldwell, Id. about 25 miles west of Boise. I'm staying here for a month (at least) because it is handy, not too close/far from the freeway, has nice spacy spaces and a pool. $345/mo. Neat place. So far Boise looks like a prime candidate for overwintering with cheap rental housing, a reasonably good ski hill 16 miles from town, and it seems like a really nice place. The run from Pocatello to Boise/Caldwell was a piece of cake. Grades not too severe, pretty flat, nice scenes of the Snake River on occasion. Comic relief was provided by Mountain Home, Idaho which is flat, hot and dry. The wheat harvest was in full swing all along the way. The weather here is great: high 80's/low 90's for highs, mid fifties for lows. I'll stay in Caldwell until it gets too chilly to use the pool and then find a place nearer Boise for the winter.
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