These three towns in the southeast part of the state along the interstates are the larger towns. Each has its own personality and "feel".

Idaho Falls

This town reminds me of a smaller scale version of Phoenix. The town is flat and it has mountains around it. All of the streets are laid out in a grid. Major streets are every mile or so. Traffic lights are at each intersection of the major streets. Thus, a square mile exists between each of them and is filled with either residential or business. Actually, I believe that is an ideal layout for a town -- with one exception. If only the major streets were all interstate like and had clover leafs for interchanges, thus, no traffic lights. Water falls is somewhere near the town along the Snake River. I did not visit them since I already visited two falls today (Mesa Falls Park) and will visit more tomorrow -- American Falls and Twin Falls.

Pocatello

I have long loved the name of this town without knowing anything about the town except where it is. Actually, I have a distant cousin on my mother's side buried in the town. While it seemed to be a normal college town, the entire area for maybe a 25-mile radius smelled of staleness. Unknown cause.

Twins Falls

The falls are spectacular. However, to get to the falls from the interstate is quite an ordeal. Countless streets and turns to navigate. Signage is lacking. The falls are part of a park that visitors pay to get into. The cars can be driven down into the huge gorge to get to the falls. I took a different route to get back to the interstate. That was a mistake as I ended up going through town and the numerous traffic lights. Between that and the atrocious drivers of the Northwest, I lost 20 minutes just doing that. Lesson learned: stick to the east side of town to get to and from the interstate.

Southern Idaho as a Whole

This is flat farmland country that is occasionally broken up by a chain of mountains. The farmers are up before sunrise getting their irrigation equipment set for the day. Unknown if this is the part of the state where those famous Idaho potatoes are grown. Driving along the interstate through the southern part of the state is miles and miles of nothingness. Sometimes it is many miles before another building of any type is seen. Just farmland, the distant mountains and the highway are all that are visible.