Towneplace Suites By Marriott Boise West Meridian

... me! I'm pretty excited about this trip, and have been wanting to go see my kids for quite some time, so this is an event worth waiting for.

I'll be updating my travel log here, and you can read where I'm at, where I've been and what i've been up to.

Here's to a wonderful adventure!

... 3 nights) with a tiny little balcony, drink and food stains were around the walls, no iron and ironing board like there use to be, enough coffee, sugar, and creamer for only one person each night. Most of all unable to sleep due to the rude people over and around us that walked heavily on the floors until 1:00 a.m. (even during the week nights) left ...

... surprise Jenna. And that is exactly what I did. We had it all set up to arrive in Boise at 4:30. Mark told Jenna to stay around the house since he was expecting a package from UPS to arrive. But we didn’t anticipate driving through a new time zone, so we actually arrived around 5:30. Mark was already home and we knocked on the door Mark let us in and showed me to the bathroom where she was doing her hair. I walked behind her and said ...

... not had a problem finding a spot. All the places we stayed (other than Custer State Park) have been Good Sam Campgrounds.

Talk about a range of interstates and speed limits we have seen them. Going through Illinois we had to run 55 along with the trucks and believe me they ran 55 and in Idaho it is 75. In Washington parts of the interstate had ruts in the road in the right lane and EVERY state had road construction going on ...

Charlie says he feels much calmer today and has adopted Toni's car as his new home. We went to two different cemeteries, the only green places around with shade trees, so he could get a good walk and I could sit on a gravestone and eat lunch.

I found the sagebrush filled valleys and rolling hills soothing and relaxing with nary another car ...

... als bis zur empfangsdame haben wir's allerdings nicht geschafft (haben uns auch nicht sonderlich mühe gegeben ;o)...

aber ein super steakhouse im stadtzentrum hat den aufenthalt hier doch noch 'herausgerissen' und auf dem weg in die berge, wurde mir doch tatsächlich von einem einheimischen ein paprika chip geklaut (siehe letztes foto).

... choices (Meg watched Hanna Montana movie another 4 or 5 times, Paul got to watch the newest Star Trek, Bobby enjoyed Monster Vs. Aliens and there was a Monk episode for me. NO ONE even came close to fighting. Plus they had games for the kids, and even better, it wasn’t full so I scooted over across the aisle and got to lay down to sleep (more or less).

... Tin Cabin". The Cabin was complete with electric, plumbing, running water - even a DECK! Good times were had by all! Thanks Diana & Jack! NADRA Deck Trek made a stop in Meridian Idaho to visit board member, Diana Hanson of ...

... SIXT that had a Navigation system, though most of the time it didn't work (it wasnt a good one). I mapped our entire route on map24.com and printed driving directions and maps before we left. We also bought really good folding maps from one of the gas stops there. With these tools, we found we could go anywhere, though it does take some patience and practice to drive into European cities (not for the faint-hearted). I also used Google ...