Wednesday 9/25/02
Day Twenty-seven / Day 5 of 2nd leg
Starting mileage 94227 / Ending mileage 94694
We all slept well until 6am when the dogs got David up. He said the skies were clear and Tig was doing fine in his truck motel. We tried to go back to sleep, but the dogs were restless, so David started packing up @ 7 while I supervised from under the covers--just to stay out of the way…
We think there’s a dog show in town; besides the Great Dane yesterday, we’ve seen a few other ‘fancy’ dogs at rest areas and motorhomes with multiple dog crates. Also, there were quite a few dogs at this Motel 6 – David said the 6:00 walk had several dogs in attendance.
On the road at 8:45am. Early prediction of tonight’s arrival time: 6:00 pm (Pacific Time) Drove until 10:30am, enjoying the hilly scenery and the last few miles of curvy roads, then stopped in Haugan, MT at “Lincoln’s 10,000 Silver $ Bar” (restaurant-gift shop-motel-casino) for potty break & food. D: pancakes + T: Fr Toast +. Lots of neat jewelry & knives in the gift shop, but we ended up spending $ on state magnets. Only $1.00 ea, so we got one for each state this trip, and for each state we’ve spent time in together. Total thus far: 20!
Entered Idaho @ 11:20am, mlg 94340--no, in Pacific Time 12:20pm. We used a list of states and Canada prov. from the gift shop to make a written list of our travels, together and separate. Drive-through or fly-into/out of states didn’t count, or if we couldn’t remember seeing or doing something.
Stopped at a rest area for post-coffee potty break @ 11:10.
Crossed WA border @ 11:25am, mlg 94401.
As we drive through Washington, I’ve been compiling a list of project / to-dos for our future home, separated by Indoor and Outdoor. There are quite a few, but only 2-3 are musts, the rest are want-to’s. This list kept me busy quite awhile, and now it’s 1:15pm and we’re pulling into Moses Lake for a fuel stop. Hm-m-m, seems like just 27 days ago that we were here…
Back on the road, next stop – Auburn. Actually next stop – top of Snoqualmie Pass @ 3:30 for a quick break. Nice weather, around 70deg and blue sky with a slight haze. Doesn’t look any darker in the distance either, so it should be good temp. for unpacking the truck. We’ve talked ourselves out about “The Ranch” (as we’ve decided to refer to our new place in Ohio) and are just riding quietly. Tig has been in my lap all day again; really seems to be at ease with this traveling thing.
Okay, we’re here!. It’s 4:34pm, mlg 94694
Unloaded truck, said howdy to the neighbors that wandered by, BBQ’d chicken for dinner, played with plants, watched the dogs run free & leashless, downloaded photos, watched ‘Enterprise’ & ‘West Wing’, went to bed & slept great!
Fuel: Moses Lake, WA / 419 miles / 26.6 gal / $41.00
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