Hagerman Valley & Thousand Springs, Idaho
June 4, 2007.
We moved the motorhome about 70-miles west to Hagerman
at exit 147 on I-84. We are staying at High
Adventure River Tours RV-Park/Store & Dutch Oven Cafe
located on the southeast corner of exit 147. It is a nice RV-Park
with shade and long pullthrough sites. PPA
with tax ran $16 for FHU.
For those of you that are not familiar with PPA
(Pass Port America) it
is an organization you can join for less than $50 per-year. Campgrounds
that belong to PPA offer
1/2 price discounts. That kind of savings can quickly add up. While
participating PPA parks
generally have some restrictions on dates the PPA
offer is valid, or possibly days of the week the discount is valid,
or perhaps the number of days that the PPA
discount will be honored the discount is genuine. Many times PPA
campgrounds are new campgrounds that need help in getting established.
Other times PPA campgrounds
may be on the outskirts of town instead of in the "prime"
location thus they need to provide an incentive for campers to stay
with them. Whatever the reason PPA
campgrounds generally provide a much cheaper option. PPA
is the only campground organization that I think is worth the cost.
PPA does not have a
gimic. What you see is what you get. Once you join they send you a
directory listing all participating campgrounds. The PPA
directory is the FIRST directory we check when trying to locate
a place to spend the night. You can join PPA
by calling 228-452-9972. If you decide to join PPA,
it would be nice if you gave them my number "R-0156251"
as the PPA member that
told you about PPA. In
return PPA will give
me a years membership free. I will thank you in advance for that kindness.
Thank you.
The Hagerman Valley
and indeed the whole Hagerman
area seems to be the dairy capitol of Idaho.
There is a dairy farm around every corner. Dairy farms mean lots of
hay and this place is no exception.
For some reason dairys around Hagerman
like to use blue and white stripe tarps over their hay.
Hagerman Valley hay stored
for dairy operation
These are large dairies but that is a lot of hay.
Blue and white tarps covering stored hay in the Hagerman
Valley of southern Idaho
Looking down on the Hagerman
Valley from the canyon rim is an impressive site.
Irrigated alfalfa hay in the Hagerman
Valley of southern Idaho
We are seeing a lot of grain and alfalfa being grown in the Hagerman
Valley of southern Idaho.
Springs gushing cool water out of lava rock at Thousand
Springs in southern Idaho
Water gushing out of fractured lava rock here at the Thousand
Springs area of southern Idaho near Hagerman.
East of Hagerman
is Thousand Springs.
The springs come out of the side of a fractured lava
cliff spread out over about a 1-mile distance.
We stopped to examine this old wooden pipe transporting water from
these thousand springs to an unknown destination. I suspect the water
in this pipe runs an electric generator before being used for irrigation.
It is hard for me to believe that I am looking at a for real, functioning,
wooden pipe like water was transported in a long, long time ago.
Note the solid
lava cliff this water is spring our of.
Old wooden water pipe still in use at Thousand
Springs in Hagerman
Valley.
Some of the thousand springs in the Hagerman
Valley create waterfalls like this one.
Note that these falls are flowing over a solid layer of lava
rock.
I was thinking these were Gambel's quail until I looked at the pictures
and realized they were California quail. Either way they are pretty
birds.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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