C Mon Inn Missoula

... br>Oct.14- arrive 6:45am in Reykjavik. Store luggage until check in @ HI, rent a bike and see city<br>Maybe rent a car and jet north to see A.B if it's not cloudy?<br>Oct.15- Head southwest towards Hofn, explore around Vatnajökull and Skaftafell enroute<br>Oct.16- Southern Iceland, Skógafoss, beaches of Vik <br>Oct.17- Caving in Laufbalavatnshellar lava tubes in ...

... away,my eggs are getting cold" look.I'm generally perfect as usual, but evidently, I can be grumpy and sarcastic.I don't see,however, what's wrong with wearing clothes two days in a row if you don't spill anything on them. My only problem is MY ASS HURTS! Honestly, we're having a ball.I'm going to try to send this before Linda sees it.

Well.....<br><br>We solved the "over heating" issue for now, turned out it was only the need for a new radiator cap. Our old cap was weak sauce apparently, couldn't handle the pressure. We'll see what happens when we hit the Rockies though....<br> After we left the dodge dealership this morning we made it all the way through the "skinny" part of Idaho, but it sure didn't ...

... heat but instead it is green.<br><br>It rained off and on all afternoon plus it wasn't much over 60 so us Floridians were in our sweat shirts and long pants.<br><br>Tomorrow will be another short day to our next stop which will be for 4 days.<br><br>We have been close to 2800 miles (on the motorhome) and we haven't made it to the west coast.

Instead of driving back through the Tetons and Yellowstone, which would have taken hours, we drove north, strait through Idaho and headed to Missoula, Montana. On the way we stopped at a local brewery and sampled the spirits. Little did we know we would hit two more breweries that<br>day. But I guess that's how those sort of days start. We stayed with a couch surfer and great guy, Bob. He knew the town well and was ...

... of Coach Samps before meeting up with Kristi and Coach for a tour of Missoula and Montana University (where he used to coach) before hitting the town for a few drinks. Coach Samps should run for mayor of Missoula as popular as he is...good times.

The other night we were invited to dinner at a house up Pattee Canyon. In case you're not familiar with Missoula's geography, most of town is a flat, flat, lovely, bikeable valley. The canyons on the edge of town - Miller Creek, Grant Creek, the Rattlesnake and Pattee Canyon - are not. They lead straight up into the mountains. And, by the way, most of them don't have bus service. We wanted to go to dinner, for sure. I was game to bike up the canyon, but not with ...

... Um, no, we hiked the 5 MILES down. And it wasn't flat. It was steep. Leigh and I hung back with Elizabeth (age, 3), who was a real trooper through it all. I can't believe how lazy I am in Dallas! I'm like super outdoorsy Columbia clothing spokesmodel. It's ridiculous! Of course the 55 degree mornings and 83 degree days help a lot!

Nine days into our Missoula habitation, I got some time off from mom duty.  Of course, I've had the odd moment - a jog almost every morning, and time when kids are watching DVDs or one is asleep and the other deep in some project.  But this was scheduled time, time for me to do as I wished. What I wished was to gain some more insight into what makes Missoula tick.  Why is it such a fabulous town?  And how can other towns learn from its example? Of course, part of the ...

... views. We did some work up there and headed out to eat with everyone. Did I mention Dan bought Guitar Hero for the new media room? Yes, he did. That was really nice of him. I will now hole up in there and let them finish doing stuff on the house (haha!). Naida says I am spoiled, but she needs to mind her own business!!!