Good Morning Middle America, the King and Queen of Simple are in Oregon.

Had great drive so far but can’t help but notice that humans never change. Went to view the Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls Idaho and they were beautiful, but continue to shrink in size.

The falls were originally referred to as  “Niagra of the West,” but so much water is now diverted from the Mighty Snake River, that late in the irrigation season the falls could be described as the garden hose of the West.

It’s called growth until there is nothin’ left to grow with. Early after the falls discovery, a young entrepreneur was able to purchase the land on both sides so that he could charge his fellow man to see one of America’s great wonders. That was in the late 1800’s and Capitalism hasn’t changed a bit.

We then drove on to Oregon where you aren’t allowed to pump your own gas…I’m not making this up. They told us that it was to keep more people working. I think I understand; the guy who pumped our gas definitely wouldn’t have been working otherwise.

They add the cost of the pump guy to the gas, as in $4.31 per gallon. Don’t confuse pumping gas with washing windows or checking oil.

We also checked out the John Day (Oregon) fossil beds and  museum. Did you know that rhino’s and camels lived here at one time along with saber toothed tigers? The earth got tired of them and shook itself like a big dog after coming out of the water.

I think humans are starting to irritate the earth again.

I’ll check in with more news about America as we move along on our way back home.

P.S. The lady at the Oregon welcome center said that the car count was down about 150 per day due to the recession that we aren’t in. That can’t be good.