Hidden Creek Ranch
Travel Blogs from Harrison
Return, Day 13: Missoula, MT to Coeur d'Alene, ID
... the street from our hotel. Yum! And the moon is almost full!
Tomorrow, we will take an easy start to the morning, and I will deposit Dad at the Spokane airport by 10am. He will have a longer day of travel than I will! He will be home in Illinois -- flying over all the places we drove this week -- by nightfall. And I will be in Seattle.
I can't believe our 5 days together have already come to a close. I'm glad that ...
Day 1
300 miles, from Redmond to Post Falls Idaho. Very hazy day today driving through Eastern Washington, we could see multiple fires to the east.
We're heading east fairly quick, the plan is to make Yellowstone by tomorrow. So far so good!
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Back on Pacific time
... it's worked so far. After our ride, we boarded the Barchy Canyon Cruiser for the Spokane Valley. It took us through a very smoky Montana, with a brief stop at Walmart is Missoula for some supplies, and of course, a parking lot bike ride for Jaxson. Blainer has been battling teeth the whole trip and that showed up today with a bad diaper rash. Poor little guy, but he's been an absolute trooper. He also knows, "How big is Blaine?". Try it, next time you see ...
OK, USA we arrived today!
... out how fast to drive. All the road signs are in mph and we have to convert as we go. A crow flies in front of the car and I duck instinctively. "He better move," Heidi says, "I won't slow down or stop for a crow!" I giggle. A few minutes later we see a family of wild turkeys crossing the highway. Heidi slows suddenly and almost comes to a stop as the little family makes its way into the ditch on the right side of the road. "I ...
Steve's trek across Idaho...
... we are 34' long and 9' wide.) Well sure enough, I pull into the tiny lot and see a SUV and a truck. I pulled in and I was amazed at how good my driving skills were. As I managed to reverse the RV and pull it next to some posts (so I could get out of the lot easier), I realized I was a bit too close to the posts. So as I'm totally praising myself for being this awesome driver, I start moving the RV about a foot or so. Then I heard this THUD. I look at the back up ...