Day 1 September 1st
Salt Lake City to Bothell Washington in 15.5 hours and just over 840 miles.
Wildlife: dead skunk
Temperature: 88
Time zone: MST / Pacific
We had all intentions of getting up at 6 and being on the road by 7, well needless to say we were only a few hours behind. As we did one last look around our apartment, I got kinda teary, I mean after all, that is where Dale proposed to me and we started our life as husband and wife. We had an amazing 28 months in Salt Lake and I would not trade that for anything. We made amazing memories and most importantly, lifetime friends! We were finally packed and left SLC around 9 am after getting our battery jumped- not a good way to start the trip;( After traveling a whole block I hear the ferret cage rattle and look back to see Dom nearly escaping from his cage, so after 1 block we took our first stop to fix the cage- or so we thought! The next few hours were extremely boring and I took full advantage of this and enjoyed a great nap :) About 5 hours in Dale finally turned over the reigns and let me drive!! Now I have driven a truck and trailer before- but not this big and with this much weight. After a few very tense moments and a lesson on trailer brakes, we were back on the road. Dale was resting comfortably in the passenger sleep, but not comfortably enough to sleep because, I am not sure why, but he just wasn't sure of my driving ability yet - I would say this is only due to the towing of the trailer but I don't want to kid you :) Next thing I know Dale says "What the hell" and I look over to see Dom, our male ferret, sitting in his lap. At this point their was no pulling over to put him back in and no turn off in sight, so Dom roamed the truck with the dogs until the next rest stop. We had just crossed into the Idaho border when we saw flashing lights ahead and this was my first test of the trailer brakes- I passed! Anyways, as we approached we saw that it was a prisoner transport bus that was pulled over and surrounded by State Troopers and they all had their shotguns drawn- needless to say happy we weren't on that bus :) The rest of the trip was very pretty but very boring and uneventful, very Thankful for that. The scenery was pretty but we knew what to expect, this was Dales second trip on this road and my third, not too much to get excited about. We finally arrived at Jon and Sonyas at 12:30 PST and it was hello, nice to meet you, Goodnight :)
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| The dogs had no problem sleeping :) |
Day 2 September 2nd
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| Red Hen |
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| We were so happy to be out of the car! |
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| No idea at this point- if you were lucky, you may have received this in a text!! |
SLEEP! After a busy week packing, loading, tearful goodbyes, one too many goodbye dinners and day one of the drive behind us, we both slept in till almost 11- amazing! Jon and Sonya both had to work so we hung around for the day trying to find places to live in Fairbanks and talking on the phone to customs in Canada. When Jon and Sonya arrived the drinking started :) We had a few drinks at the house before we headed to Ballard and ate at our favorite restaurant Oaxca. This place is amazing!! Authentic Mexican foods with Margaritas that will make you fall in love all over again with Tequila! After we consumed many margaritas and fish tacos we went to The Red Hen that was a country bar with live music. Lots of dancing and more alcohol here!! We finally headed home just after 1 and it was a good thing- no one needed more to drink! And don't worry moms, we were on vacation so we were not driving :)
Day 3 September 3rd
It was a rough morning... Surprisingly I was feeling pretty good and so was Sonya, but it was Dale and Jon who needed a bit more sleep;) After an amazing breakfast of baked blueberry French toast (Sonya is an amazing cook but you will hear more about that later!) the boys went to move some stuff around in the truck/trailer and I had to give Tuke a bath, because within 24 hours she found the only stinky patch of grass at Jons and rolled in it;( That afternoon the 4 of us headed down to Pike Place Market-man did I miss that place! We shopped around, people watched and gathered items for dinner that night- amazing fresh food! On our way home we made a much anticipated stop- Tullys coffee!! If you have never had fresh Tully's coffee, I truly feel you have not lived yet- just sayin.... When we got home Sonya started to prep dinner and Jon and Dale were doing boy things, i.e. playing with guns and looking at car parts- you know boy stuff. We had all intentions of staying in tonight- that didn't last! We went down to the Wild Rover in Kirkland to listen to Geoffrey Castle the electric violinist- he was amazing! When we left, we left with CD's in hand, I highly recommend you check him out, talent doesn't begin to describe his gift.
Geoffrey Castle <--- Visit his sight and listen on You Tube- wow! and the video is one I took at Wild Rover- Enjoy!
Day 4 September 4th
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| Chateau Ste Michelle |
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| The most amazing Salmon Dinner! |
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| The finished product! |
Project V Distillery and Sausage Company
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