So after a having a blast with my cousin Pat and his wife Kate last night, I headed east towards Idaho.

After a long drive through the Columbia River Gorge -- incredible scenery, with hydroelectric dams and enormous wind turbines along the way -- the road turned south towards rolling hills.

California has happy cows. Oregon has menacing cows. That, or they are just leery of strangers.

I've been doing my best to stay off the interstates this trip, but I-84 in the west is a spectacle.

Near the Idaho border.

Finally I crossed the border into Idaho. For those keeping score, that means I've been to 49 of the 50 states.

Watch your back, Utah. You're next.

I haven't decided for sure where I'm headed next -- Salt Lake City, or head south to Route 50 in Nevada. Either way I'll be in Utah within the next day or so.

A wind farm near the Nevada border.

A passed a few trucks carrying the blades for those turbines; they are G-I-N-O-R-M-O-U-S. It's got to take a stiff breeze to get them moving, and this part of the country sure seems windy enough.

This trip has been 'epic' so far.

I logged a bunch of miles today, but the traffic was flowing around 70mph in Oregon, and near 80mph in Idaho. A good nights sleep, some poking around the side roads while I figure how where to head next, and then I'll probably make my way down towards central Utah. I think. Maybe.

I dunno.

We'll see where the next day takes me.

Reader Comment of the Week: I've had the comments shut down so that I don't have to deal with spam during the trip. I have received quite a few e-mails so far. This one, from MKS, takes the cake:

please try not to die on this trip.
thank you,
the management

Heh.