Nina is back in Colorado Springs and I’m in Pocatello. She’s getting the last few items done in Colorado Springs and I’m getting things ready for us to take up a life in Pocatello. The home-away-from-home is our little RV parked at a campground near my office. The Cowboy RV Park is a part of a nice mobile home park and seems to do a very good business. A month’s stay isn’t very expensive and the overnight rates are also very reasonable. The park has a very nice laundry and is clean and quiet. Most people stay overnight and are gone the next day but there are about ten units that have been at the campground at least as long as I have.

Pocatello is a nice, small town. It’s bisected right down the middle by the railroad and there aren’t may roads connecting the west side with the east side. Most of the shopping and stores are on the north side of town, and of course, we’ll be living in the far south side. While it probably isn’t as far from our new house to the Home Depot on the north side of Pocatello than it is from our Colorado Springs house to the Home Depot there, it seems long for the size of town. There is a small mall (which I haven’t visited, yet), a Super WallMart, a super Fred Meyers (similar to a WalMart), along with a ShopKo and a Home Depot in town. There are a number of small restaurants, none of which we’ve patronized, yet. The town is long and narrow along a north-south axis. The near southside is dominated by Idaho State University. The center of town is pretty much dominated by the Union Pacific Railroad, which was for many years the lifeblood of the city. The Interstate runs along the east side of the city and then divides with I-15 continuing north through Idaho Falls to Missoula, Montana, and I-86 branching off on the north side of Pocatello going west to Boise. I-86 divides Pocatello from the neighboring town of Chubbuck.

Idaho Falls is the next large city north of Pocatello about 55 miles. The Temple is located in Idaho Falls. I did a session at the Temple last night, the first time I’ve been in that temple since Nina and I were sealed there 37 years ago. It is a beautiful temple inside and I had a nice, enjoyable session.

Tomorrow night I’ll fly to Colorado Springs for the weekend holiday. It’s supposed to rain and be pretty lousy weather the entire weekend in Pocatello, so I think I’m getting the best part of this deal. I’ll fly back on Monday evening with meetings starting EARLY in the morning on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the RV has been a nice place to stay. It is small (perhaps "cozy" is a better word) but is more than adequate for my needs. It makes a very good home away from home!