Idaho!

Road trip!

Ky & I decided to take a trip to..

Idaho!

we have two sets of grandparents

out that way & decided it had been long enough since we

had been to visit.

Idaho here we come!

While we were visiting they took us

Here!

The Old Penitentiary.

in other words

Jail

seriously so so interesting!!

we learned so much about it & 

what it would be like

if we were to stay here!

 those in Jail these days def  have it easy compared to back then

with work out rooms, air conditioning

& food better than school lunch!

seriously

back then it was a billion times worse.

So....

We decided to check  in..

(please dis regaurd the blue lips, thanks to the blue slush I enjoyed on the way here.)

@ least we went in together!

IDAHO KID & THE WILD BUNCH

Self tour!?

Yes please!

The outside was beautiful!

The prisoners had planted roses & took care

of them. (It helped so that they had something productive to do)

this is where the saying

"stop to smell the roses"

came from.

Nana even came with us,

We love you Nana!

Some things they did to fill time with  & be productive included

Laundry

Basketball

Gardening

tattoos

different tattoos meant different things.

some inmates had a dot on each knuckle

to tell how many yrs they had been there.

& sometimes just one dot meant more than one yr.

the cells they stayed in were TINY!

& usually four in each cell.

with one sink

& one toilet

 both centered between the beds.

NO PRIVACY

so called..

Home Sweet Home

This cell is one from Death Row

fits just one inmate

(a place you do NOT want to be)

Door to Death Row

sorry Ky!

(below)

 Ky is standing in front of some cells

it goes up four levels!!!

& holds up to 47 inmates @ one time



We went into the

Laundry area where they would wash & dry clothes

I loved this window from inside the laundry building

@ least one cute window! right :)

I climbed into the original dryer

(used just for socks)

If they found any socks without a match  there was a pole they

would tie them to until the other was found.

Grandpa Del & Ky sharing a cell

just one of the beds is folded down

the other is folded up behind them

This

(below)

is the 2nd worst place to be in

these were freaky..

I mean FREAKY!

if you misbehaved they put you here.

these are cells in a separate building with no bed, no toilet.

&

 NO LIGHT!

Pitch black

I went in & ky shut the door

I FLIPPED!

( they would stay in here for days on end!)

FRREEEAKY!

Lets just say we would not want to ever

be here for long term.

If you ever have the chance to visit here & tour

Do it!!!

 so many interesting things to learn about

& beautiful buildings!

thanks grams & gramps!