On The Trail....

Ok, I'm already a day behind journaling our trip, but that's because I was a total road zombie last night and couldn't think straight. We drove all the way to Colville, WA from Lopez. This picture is from Northern Idaho, just past Sand Point. Today started out to be a day from H-E-double- hockey-sticks. I was sick and seemed to have zero mental capacities. I think my brain was dried out from the dusty air conditioning unit that blew directly up my nose all night. Just guessing. After over an hour on the internet trying to secure a hotel room for tonight, but to no avail, we finally hit the road. Within 2 minutes Emma needed a band-aid for a 'bleeding paper-cut' and a new camera battery. After about 20 miles of neither of us functioning properly we realized we hadn't had our morning coffee yet....aha! Problem solved. After we pulled out of the coffee shop Emma decided a hot tea and donut combo would be good, so a mile later we pulled into a gas station. After this things perked up (pardon the expression) and we wound our way across Idaho and into Montana, during which (the shortest part of the trip) Emma wanted to know every 7 minutes if we were in Montana yet. (You've seen one mounain, you've seen them all.)

I am posting all this o give you an idea of how rough a start we had but to give Emma the credit she deserves, she is a wonderful traveler and has not complained. She has said she is enjoying herself and the scenery and is excited to get to Yellowstone to see the geysers, which she learned about last year. We finally decided that we would stop for the night in Libby, Montana, about 100 miles short of our original goal, sans the mental incapacitation of the morning. (Good thing I wasn't able to book the other room). And so here we are. Tomorrow we go through Glacier's Going To The Sun Road. Charging up the cameras as we speak. It's funny how when you're going through the dullest areas the speed limit is 25 and the most beautiful it's 70. Who wants to go fast then?? ME:"Hey, Honey, look at that." Dave:"What?" ME:"Back there." Dave:"What." ME: "Never mind." At 70 mph who knows if that lump was a Grizzly or a bush. All we saw for sure was a deer......so rare.... Ask anyone from Lopez. The other thing to get used to is that we lost an hour in a split second when we crossed over our first time zone change. We're on Mountain time now. =-( I wanna be on Island Time!) Anyhow, early to bed tonght and no leaving the hotel until our coffee has hit the system. Goodnight everyone!