Day 12-Almost there, July 12, 2012

Since we extended our trip we are now doing the sniff test to decide if our clothes can be reworn. I should have done laundry at Annie's in Omaha, but I was tired and didn't feel like it. Most of our hotels have had a laundry mat, but again I just really don't feel like we are stinky enough to make the effort; it's easier to just buy new clothes.

Yany has rebelled. He won't carry our bags in the hotels anymore. For the past four days he's made us dig our clothes out of the van in the parking lot. It was cold and winding in Montana and it's cold and windy here in Washington.

Digging out our stuff

 

Haley and Yany are twins in their souvenir shirts

Laney in her Yellowstone souvenir shirt

And Alyse sporting the Yellowstone shirt with her official Jr. Ranger Park badges

Montana was easy driving, gas is $3.63. It's open and mountainous but the speed limit is 75, as was South Dakota, and Wyoming. We leave Butte, Montana, and are ready for a big day of driving.

We get to Idaho and the speed limit slows. Gas is $3.71 and the road is straight downhill with tight curves. We race down like Fast and Furious-it was too intense to try to look at the speed and the road. A yellow Tracker weaved in and out and cut us off, we caught him and passed him-yes we are mature and fast.

I feel like we've been eating a lot of junk food with all of the restaurants we are frequenting. We found a place in Idaho with wonderful fruit and Washington cherries. An interesting thing about fruit is that it tends to make people gassy-my family has given a new meaning to "cherry bombs."

If felt like crossing the finish line when we flew across the state line into Washington-too bad we need to be on the far side of Washington to get home. We decide to stop in Ellensburg, WA, for the night. Three more hours to Lacey and we are off the road-YEAH!

Almost there...

DeeAnn-Military Lifer Wife