A Stop In Missoula

Well, we're in Missoula. We spent the the night at Motel 6 in Ceour d'Alene, ID. We left Vancouver at 8ish and hit the border for a hour wait. For a while it seemed like we were in the slow lane, but resisted changing lanes and were lucky that we resisted because as soon as we decided against changing to the other lane at the border, ours started going faster.

Once we were through, one off my two worries was over. I was worried because our car is packed to the rafters with stuff. The border guard didn't even ask about our pile of stuff. Just our trip and Elena's promise to not try to find a job in the United States.

As soon as we got across, we fueled up with American gas ($3.55/gal!). Then drove to Seattle. Then my second fear was came to an end. Once we were on the road, my gas mileage went right back up to where it was. So no need to stop and have the Subaru shop diagnose the huge drop in mileage.

In Seattle we dropped off and picked up stuff at my storage which was still intact. As we drove through Eastern Washington we played PacMan with the tumbleweeds. Here is a bit of tumble weed still stuck to the car:


Then, a few minutes we were on I-90. We made it to Coeur d'Alene and decided to stop for the night rather than press on to Missoula. I'm glad we did because the road got really crappy after that and it was dark.

We stopped at a rest stop for breakfast.




Here is Elena at City Brew in Missoula writing her new blog.


Well, off to my dirty car to continue our journey. :)