Friday 9-23-22 Downtown Idaho Falls

Relaxing with my bear friends

We woke with the temperature at 41 degrees and by 4:00 it was 71. It was very comfortable.

I had turned the heater on last night but when I went to bed it was still 70 degrees in the Minnie so I turned it off. We prefer to sleep when it's a little chilly. When Larry got up he turned the heater back on. I woke up to the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls being baked. I had thawed a few out and Larry put them in the oven. They came out delicious. 

About 8:30 we decided to go for another walk to town. It's so nice when it's only a mile or so away. We took the same route as yesterday except when we got downtown we walked on the opposite side of the river. We wanted to see the Mormon Temple. As we were walking around the park we saw more animal shaped trees, benches and picnic tables. We saw a picnic table with a big rock as a table and the chairs were wolves. There was a tree that had a mama bear and her two cubs, that were seats. The trees were shaped as elk (cow, calf and bull), a big horn sheep and other animals. There were beautiful flowers gardens throughout the park. The benches were in the shape of the state of Idaho, UFO ship and other things. The Mormon Temple was gorgeous and you can see it a mile away. The grounds were immaculate with beautiful flowers. We walked the grounds and took pictures. Before leaving the Temple we took a picture of the church. By the time we got back we had walked 4.5 miles. Larry thought we had walked as far as yesterday. We probably did except that we didn't walk through the Art Museum and to the bakery. We had a wonderful walk.

Big horn sheep

Mama and baby elk

 

Bull elk

The wolves table and chairs

 

The Mormon Temple

 

Some of the flowers at the Temple

 

The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints

One of the utility boxes

After lunch we went for another walk for 2.5 miles. We took the bike trail the opposite direction towards the lower falls. Part of the walk is what I do to get my steps. When we got to the main road we turned right and walked to a bridge that goes over the river. The bridge was part of the highway but they had nice walkways for pedestrians. When we got on the other side we got back on the trail and it took us under the bridge to the other side of the road. We walked to the fishing pond and the bike park. The fishing pond was very nice. The bike park was all dirt but it had some challenging jumps for the BMX bikes. Then we headed back to the Minnie. It looked like the city had just finished connecting the bike trail so it goes completely around the river. The entire trail is a 10 mile loop but can be shortened by crossing the river via bridges. This is a great trail for bikes, walkers and joggers.

The fishing pond

Part of the track at the bike park

In the evening I walked around the campground for an hour and a half to get my steps. I ended up doing 29,000 steps, which put me in 5th place. I'm almost caught up, I only need another 1,100 steps.

We had another super day in Idaho Falls.