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And now, the down side…

Traffic at a standstill on Highway 20 north of Ashton, Idaho, just after 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 (Betsy Z. Russell)
Traffic at a standstill on Highway 20 north of Ashton, Idaho, just after 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 (Betsy Z. Russell)

The eclipse viewing experience was so cool! And afterward, we visited with folks, hung around, jumped off the diving board and swam in the cool waters of the Henry's Fork, then had a great picnic lunch. Around 3:30, we left for the 60-mile jaunt back north to our campground at Henry's Lake State Park. Initially, traffic was at a crawl, but still mostly moving. Then, north of Ashton, it came to a standstill, and we traveled all of 12 miles in an hour. We're still on the road, stopped again, at Mile Marker 372. We've now been on the road nearly three hours and are still 15 miles south of Island Park; we've got more than 30 miles to go..

Tried to check the ITD app to see what was up, but they had no info...



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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