I last posted from a dinner in Bozeman, Montana where dad and I were eating breakfast, gassing up the Mazda 6 wagon, scraping the bugs off the windshield, and considering how much more to drive. Well, we kept going... Finally made it into Spokane, WA in the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday but decided to keep going... Eventually we checked into a hotel in Wenatchee, WA Thursday night after driving through some really beautiful country East of the Cascades along the Columbia River valley.

Thursday morning, I got up early took the car out for gas, a run through the car wash (which got some of the bugs off the car), hit the drive-through expresso bar and then blasted out on Route 90 West through North Bend, Snoqualmie, and then on to Issaquah where MS has provided me with short-term living accomodations (furnished apartment unit - one of seemingly endless units clustered on the hills of Issaquah).

Dropped dad at SEATAC Saturday morning @ 5:00 AM PDT for his flight back to Boston, went grocery shopping, and then slept all day Saturday until about 8:00 this morning. Today, paperwork: expense reports, mortgage papers, etc. All the stuff that makes life worth living

I miss you guys!

Dad and I made good time and covered some ground last night. Overnight we drove from St. Paul, MN and am now sitting having breakfast in Bozeman, MT. It's been a good drive. Planning to make it to Spokane today and then check into a hotel and crash. This leaves Thursday and Friday in Washington for kicking around. If the weather is good, we plan to take Route 2 through the Cascades out to Monroe and down through Duvall. Dad's turn to drive. I'm tired