Journal Entry #51 - Auburn to Spokane, WA

Saturday 10/19/2002                                                
Day 51 / Day 1 of 4th leg

(our truck) start mileage 94750 / end 95022
(rental truck) 74614 / 74889

Our plastic-wrapped mattress is strapped to
the roof of the pickup truck...no room inside.

8:30am--1:00pm 

1:10 Honda to Dave K

1:15pm Depart

2:05-2:25 lunch at North Bend McD.  23mph up Snoqualmie Pass—
foggy and drizzle—called Karin & Dad.

3:45 Rest Area

4:45pm Rest area (quickie to check truck engine prior to hill climb)

5:05pm World Series Game 1 on a.m. radio

David *reports hearing a loud noise inside his rental truck, and something
thumping against the front wall

Nice weather since entering Eastern WA, and now a nice pre-sunset (past Moses Lake)

The view from my drivers seat. His truck was
so slow that I could multitask...

6:00pm Sunset in the sideview mirror, man-in-the-moon straight ahead, his jaw slack with surprise at seeing us.

7:20pm 95,000 mi on truck!

7:50pm Motel 6, Spokane WA

*reports: Our basic cell phones had poor coverage, so we were using a set of cheap walkie-talkies to communicate between trucks. Sometimes they did not work well and we used hand signals...

Fuel: Ritzville WA 

our truck: 94966 / 220 mi / $22.00 / 14.7 gal

                                   rental truck: 74882 / $40.00 / 26.7 gal

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