Work Trip to Pocatello & Blackfoot

My work trip to Pocatello and Blackfoot was really fun.  We didn’t really do much of anything as there wasn’t a lot of downtime.  We stayed at the Super 8, which was meeehhhh. 

 

We really missed our usual LaQuinta hotel chain.  But, for the fairly cheap rate, it did the job.  Small parking lot so if you didn’t get in for the night early, you had to park further away.  The breakfast leaves much to be desired unless you are in the mood for carbs, carbs, and more carbs.  There was a Burger King across the street and after our first night, Kenyon pointed out the coffee shop across the street.  I made sure to stop into Beans & Brews on day two as I had missed my morning iced coffee.

Tuesday evening we went to Buddy’s Italian Restaurant, which came recommended by several people.  We were also warned that we would have garlic breath afterwards.  That is a very true statement.  I think we were both underwhelmed about our experience so perhaps we ordered the wrong thing?  We went for ravioli with meatballs and rigatoni, a half/half option.  The salad was plentiful and the dessert, which is included, was divine.  It was a Carmelo, which is basically the inside of a Carmelo bar served in a dish with whip cream and almond slivers.  It was amazing.

 

On Wednesday, my ride-a-long with one of our troopers started early and I knew that I’d have to come up with some sort of breakfast idea.  I brought some Better Oats from home, along with a mostly empty peanut butter jar, and picked up some non-fat Greek yogurt at Walmart in town so I could make some Overnight Oats.

 

It worked out pretty well and held me over until about 11am.  I was hungry but our lunch plans were for noon.  We went to Café Rio, a favorite, where I had a chicken salad.  Dinner that evening was at ButterBurr’s, which was recommended as a breakfast spot and is known for their cinnamon twists.  It did not disappoint!  My turkey, dressing, and mashed potatoes was really good.  And the cinnamon twist was amazing.  We knew we would be back in the morning for breakfast!

 

Breakfast on Thursday morning was just as good.  I had the eggs, pit ham, and Homestyle potatoes and we tried the raspberry twist along with another cinnamon twist.  I liked the cinnamon better.  I was going to skip the potatoes and eat half the twist so I could save points….but didn’t!  I only made a small dent in the potatoes and then ate a combo of one whole twist.  I’m glad we don’t live close to ButterBurr’s because I’d want to go every day!

 

We had a little time to kill before training started in Blackfoot.  We stopped into the Fort Hall Casino, and proceeding to each lose $20 rather quickly.  We spotted the Idaho Potato Museum off the Blackfoot exit and wandered around inside.  It is small but was not too bad for the $4 admission price.

 

After training, we stopped into a Mexican restaurant in town that was suggested by one of the Bingham County dispatchers.  We shared some fajitas and really enjoyed our meal.

It makes me feel really good to have a successful out of town tracking experience.