Day 2 - Goodbye Starbucks et al

momandjim — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:39:00 GMT

We pulled out as early as possible and limped to a Starbuck's for coffee and breakfast sandwiches. Back on the road, we were caffeinated and anxious to put some miles between us and the burned coffee we always get, whenever we go to Starbuck's so we drove 400+ miles on I-90, through the panhandle of Idaho and FINALLY into Montana. What beauty. Evergreens like Oregon, mountains even more rugged than the front range of Colorado (even though not as high) and lakes the size (roughly) of Rhode Island! The winds made driving more challenging than in a car and when we were pooped, we pulled into Rollins RV Camp about 7:30, fixed some soup, had drinks and played some cribbage. (so far Jim is ahead in our tournbament, 2-1. Like the Stanley Cup, it's a 7-game series and since I'm the skater in the family, I'm sure to win in the end!) We sat outside after soup and sandwiches and smelled the fresh air, picked lilacs nearby, listened to the birds (other than the birds at home... seagulls and crows) and had a better time talking than I think we've had for some time. It was a little cooler so we added a quilt and used Jim's "Breathe Right" nose things as tape to cover the electronic lights inside the RV. The stars were more than we could count and I'm hoping to see the Milky Way tomorrow night.

We're off to the races, like a herd of turtles!

momandjim — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:13:00 GMT

May 19, 2016

As I have always spoken computerese with a distinct accent, I've finally had a wifi connection at the same time I had a charged device to figure out our online blog (which you are now reading:) I started our diary on paper before details were forgotten. (As I actually enter this, we are headed back home and have stopped for the night at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, at the bank of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Ha) We expect to be back home in 2 days!

Day 1.

We left PDX about 10:30 and had lunch at Hood River. We'd planned to spend the night there but were so excited to finally be on the road that, after picking golden poppies, petting some dogs, and talking to a nice fellow named Chris about his moving to Costa Rica, we were off, like a herd of turtles. We stopped in Pasco, Oregon where we had Brats on the fire and steamed broccoli for dinner. We had a nice talk and agreed that it will take a few days to decompress from being so urban for so long. But we were able to hook " " onto water and electricity, didn't explode the propane tank and even saw a star or two so all in all, a successful start on our adventure.

RV Roadtrip

Day 2 - Goodbye Starbucks et al

We're off to the races, like a herd of turtles!