Working on Christmas: To Wisconsin and Back Again, Chapter 2

Being the Telling (Much Abridged) of our Road Trip from California to Wisconsin and Back Again
Chapter 2, in Which We Get a Surprise and Another Surprise
Our room in the Oak Tree Inn was fine. It overlooked the parking lot and we could open the window, which was lovely. But trouble soon ensued....
Within a short time Frances and Doug were fast asleep. Things were not so simple for Ted and Myself. After being so wound up to get everything in the office wrapped up and get ourselves on the way, we had a difficult time relaxing enough to fall asleep. The road noise was quite loud. Ted finally got up and shut the window, but then the room became very stuffy. Frances awoke and reopened the window, which helped with the stuffiness, but not the noise.
Then Doug began to snore. Surprise!!
Oh No! What to do? By this time we were very tired and very cranky. It was almost 1AM! I started swiping pillows from their bed, hoping to cause a change in position. No luck. Finally I placed a pillow on Doug's head. That worked-probably because it woke him up - although he didn't say anything until the next morning when we were recounting the story to Frances. I took the pillow off Doug's head. Ted rummaged around in his luggage and finally found enough ear plugs for both of us. The road noise had finally quieted and the room was mostly cooled off. At last we fell into an exhausted slumber.
The Oak Tree Inn had no continental breakfast, so we did a few warm ups, breakfasted in our room on our brought items, and then hit the road.
At Wells we turned north on SR93. I felt pretty groggy. We pulled off to switch drivers at a very nice little wayside before crossing into Idaho. It would have been a perfect place to eat breakfast.

Pleasant wayside on Salmon Creek where we stopped for a driver switch.

On we continued into Idaho. There was some confusion at Twin Falls, as it seemed like the road map didn't reflect the highway, but we managed to get through town. Frances had Doug's smart phone out and pleaded for a coffee stop. She navigated us down a commercial strip with all the common shops of suburbia to "A Shot in the Dark" where we spent $9 on two chai teas and one house coffee (for me, Ted disdaining these overpriced offerings). I must say though that the coffee was quite tasty and really helped me feel much better. Soon we were on our way again, back on Hwy 93 and heading for Craters of the Moon National Monument. As we left town the highway went over a bridge and Surprise! over a fantastic gorge! It was the canyon of the Snake River. Somewhat reminiscent of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River.