After a restful night's sleep in Missoula we hit the dusty trails shortly after 10:00. We had an amazing siting of an SUV with Wisconsin plates and an SNC alumni sticker! The driver was identified as Ms. Stephanie Hill. Pretty crazy! Today also marked the first day we saw hitchhikers on the road. Three of them to be exact, or rather three parties. We thought about picking them up but decided not to. We were traveling at such a fine clip that we decided to stop for sushi in Spokane. We enjoyed a nice lunch there plus more Starbucks and were off again. We stopped for gas in Ritzville Washington at 1950 miles. At this point we were supposed to finally get off I-90 W and onto 395 S but due to some confluence of circumstances which shall be blamed entirely on the GPS (what better to blame than an instrument that can't defend it's sassy self?) we somehow stayed on I-90 headed towards Seattle rather than southwest to Portland. We eventually realized and were able to regain the proper course. While driving through Washington we saw several dust storms on the hills along the road. Sam mused on what it would be like to be inside one. We both decided it would be unpleasant. In Pasco, Washington we saw the first road sign listing the mileage to Portland. That was exciting! I don't remember what time we crossed into Portland or Washington today or the mileage. An oversight. However, the drive through Oregon to Portland was beautiful. The road ran along the Oregon-Washington border which is divided by the Columbia river. Gorgeous river to our right and tree covered mountains to our left made for a really stunning drive. We could see several forest fires on the Washington side which was scary. We made our very last gas stop in Rufus, Oregon at 2137 miles. In Oregon it's illegal to fill your own gas tank! Who knew? Sam did, but not Sarah. We reached our destination, the home of Sam's cousin Terry and her husband at 9:00 PST where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner of salad and pasta with bay shrimp, heirloom tomatoes, five cheeses and sautéed mushrooms topped off with brownies and homemade coffee ice cream. Such a fantastic end to a great trip! Tomorrow Sarah departs back to Wisconsin and Sam begins the next wonderful chapter in his life.
What we learned was covered in our video blog and since we've reached our destination no need for goals. We're now both perfect!
Please enjoy our video blog at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYHGHeHUX_I
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