Driving across the US

After the kids had been out in Florida for a month, they started asking about a car, so a few days ago we headed out in a car loaded with stuff for them. Our first stop was off I-84 in Idaho, between Boise and Twin Falls. The Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and the Minidoka National Historic Site share a visitor center in Hagerman.

After checking out the visitor center we headed out to the sites. There wasn't a lot to see at the Fossil Beds, mostly views of the hills and the Snake River.  

The Minidoka site was more interesting. It's the remains of an old internment camp, where Japanese citizens were held during World War II. This site was fairly new, and might be worth a return visit in a few years as they fix it up.  

We proceeded across Wyoming on I-80 and into western Nebraska, where we were briefly delayed by a storm.