We’ve just left the Pocatello City Limits on I-86 westbound. Jill Garmin says we’ll arrive at our Hilton Garden Inn overnight stay at 3:11 pm. Little does she know that we’ll need a lunch stop, potty stop, and a gas stop. Probably can’t get them all to coincide.

My visit to the dentist to have a temporary bridge replaced by the permanent bridge successfully brought to a close this round of dental work. It’s been going on for almost eight months and included two bridges, three crowns, four root canal’s, and a crown lengthening. Good dental insurance has been valuable.

The Social Security Admin has responded and our claim for retirement has been approved. The first check arrives on June 18th (symbolically as it’s being direct deposited). The envelope contained a thick booklet on all the do’s and don’ts (many, many more of the latter). With SS, we’ve let the gov’t into our lives in a big way. Income always comes at a price.

American Falls going past on our right. There used to be some beautiful falls on the Snake River here. No more. The town was moved to make way for a reservoir which covered the falls. A huge cement grainery stands in the middle of the reservoir as a reminder of what used to be. They couldn’t get the grain elevator to fall, so they left it with a big gaping hole on the right side from the final dynamite attempt.