KM start: 145,747 km
Trip Meter: 581 km
Today is a long day. Our goal is to be at Mount Rushmore by
midday Monday, so we are thinking of driving straight through about 20 hours to
get there instead of stopping, getting a hotel around 2am and then spending the
day doing Mount Rushmore, the Badlands and Wall Drug. Also Paul has to register
for classes in the morning Monday so we’ll need to plop ourselves at some
internet for a while, which is when this will all be posted, since we haven't had much internet or time to edit and post pictures/thoughts.
Currently Paul is driving, we’ve crossing over from Oregon
into Washington on the I – 84 to the I-82. It’s 9:30 and we’ve been driving for
almost 4 hours. We’re listening to Glee to keep us energized. Zach and Sarah
sent us out with breakfast and lunch – which was such a blessing!
We have a goal of $25 a day on food for both of us,
including all three meals. We have a cooler filled with cheese strings, and
some frozen pasta dinners to help pad out our meal planning and we’ve managed
to do very well on our budget thus far.
Friday we ate out twice but only spent $28.50, and then Saturday we
spent $6 on coffees, and thus far we’ve only needed to spent $9 at starbucks
(we got some iced via packs as well as our coffees) and shouldn’t have to buy
any food until dinner time. It may sound dorky, but we’re excited to see how
close we can stick to our budget, it’s fun to find ways to eat well, eat
enjoyably and stick to a budget.
Alright, we’re off to find a bathroom, because, shocker, I
have to pee! Bane of my existence, this bladder.
Edited to add later:
Well we caved and got a hotel in Billings, Montana at 11pm.
We were too tired to keep driving, especially since we’d have another early
morning ahead of us. We loved the drive
today though, Idaho and Montana were beautiful and Coere D’Alane impressed us
both – we thought, nicely done Idaho.
Driving out of Oregon
Paul loved seeing the rad Sheriff's
Welcome to Idaho - well done, State
Welcome to Montana - we like your western side
The views were rad
Over 17 hours I read this book and it was lovely.
1 comment:
looks like a beautiful drive!
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